Skjefstad Surname

1,152,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skjefstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skjefstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1731:29,7244,107
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Skjefstad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skjefstad is found most in Norway. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Skjefstad.

How Common Is The Last Name Skjefstad? popularity and diffusion

Skjefstad is the 1,152,132nd most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. Skjefstad is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Skjefstad reside; 89 percent reside in Northern Europe and 89 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Skjefstad is most frequent in Norway, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 29,724. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 66 percent are found, Central Norway, where 16 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Norway it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Sweden, where 5 percent are found.

Skjefstad Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Skjefstad earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 6.27% less than the national average, earning 324,375 kr per year and in United States they earn 2.13% less than the national average, earning $42,232 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skjebstad8934/
Skiefstad891/
Skyefstad891/
Skjævestad8466/
Skjevestad8410/
Skifstad82102/
Skofstad8236/
Skjaevestad802/
Skafeistad742/
Skovstad711/
Skofsted710/
Sigfstead677/
Skovsted59465/

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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 Skjefstad
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