Thorstad Surname

339,249th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,084 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Thorstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thorstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8341:434,60337,429
Norway1761:29,2184,035
Canada661:558,26746,632
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Thorstad Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thorstad is found most in The United States. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Thorstad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thorstad? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 339,249th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,722,828 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Thorstad reside; 76 percent reside in North America and 76 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Thorstad is most common in The United States, where it is held by 834 people, or 1 in 434,603. In The United States Thorstad is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 28 percent live, North Dakota, where 8 percent live and Wisconsin, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Thorstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Thorstad has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thorstad surname grew 3,475 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thorstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thorstad last name are 7.14% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.37% registered with the party.

The amount Thorstad earn in different countries varies marginally. In Norway they earn 2.07% more than the national average, earning 353,230 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.77% more than the national average, earning $43,480 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.7% less than the national average, earning $48,838 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 Thorstad
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