Terstad Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Terstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Terstad Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Terstad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Terstad is more frequently found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Terstad? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Terstad occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Terstad live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most numerous in Sweden, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 410,282. In Sweden Terstad is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 38 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 33 percent reside and Södermanland County, where 21 percent reside. Other than Sweden this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 11 percent reside and Thailand, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tersta921/
Torstad8690/
Terstea8619/
Tarstad8611/
Törstad862/
Tgersta860/
Thorstad801,084/
Tjørstad8020/
Torstadt801/
Thorstead755/
Thirsta710/
Thorstod671/
Thirstey531/
Thorstout502/
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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 Terstad
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