Sommerstad Surname

650,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Sommerstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sommerstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3581:14,3641,669
Canada581:635,26952,014
United States431:8,429,278367,833
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sommerstad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sommerstad has its highest incidence in Norway. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sommerstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 650,013th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 15,672,142 people. Sommerstad is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Sommerstad live; 78 percent live in Northern Europe and 78 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently used in Norway, where it is carried by 358 people, or 1 in 14,364. In Norway it is most frequent in: Eastern Norway, where 89 percent reside, Western Norway, where 8 percent reside and Central Norway, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Norway this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Sommerstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sommerstad are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sommerstad earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.65% less than the national average, earning 291,917 kr per year; in United States they earn 67.91% more than the national average, earning $72,452 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.2% more than the national average, earning $64,188 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
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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 Sommerstad
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