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 more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Thorstad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thorstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 339,249th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,722,828 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Thorstad live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 834 people, or 1 in 434,603. In The United States Thorstad is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 28 percent live, North Dakota, where 8 percent live and Wisconsin, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States Thorstad exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Thorstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thorstad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Thorstad last name increased 3,475 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thorstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Thorstad last name are 7.14% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.37% being registered to vote for the political 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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