Skarstad Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skarstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skarstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2521:20,4062,618
United States801:4,530,737237,840
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

The alternate forms: Skårstad (33) are calculated separately.

Skarstad Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Skarstad Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Skarstad occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Skårstad. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skarstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Skarstad is the 807,857th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. The surname Skarstad occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Skarstad reside; 77 percent reside in Northern Europe and 76 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most common in Norway, where it is borne by 252 people, or 1 in 20,406. In Norway Skarstad is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 50 percent reside, Central Norway, where 23 percent reside and Northern Norway, where 12 percent reside. Not including Norway Skarstad occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Denmark, where 2 percent reside.

Skarstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Skarstad last name are 15.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 68.75% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Skarstad earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 3.22% less than the national average, earning 334,944 kr per year and in United States they earn 46.05% more than the national average, earning $63,021 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Skarstad
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