Skjelstad Surname

610,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skjelstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skjelstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway4121:12,4811,418
United States701:5,177,985261,849
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Skjelstad Last Name Facts

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

Skjelstad is found most in Norway. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Skjelstad? popularity and diffusion

The last name Skjelstad is the 610,848th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,402,265 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Skjelstad live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 412 people, or 1 in 12,481. In Norway Skjelstad is primarily found in: Eastern Norway, where 39 percent are found, Central Norway, where 32 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 24 percent are found. Excluding Norway this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Skjelstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Skjelstad surname are 35.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 82.61% registered with the political party.

The amount Skjelstad earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 9.86% less than the national average, earning 311,961 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.66% less than the national average, earning $42,434 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.17% less than the national average, earning $46,617 CAD 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Skjelstad
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