Thorsted Surname

376,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 949 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Thorsted Surname User-submission:

Thor was a Norse the God of Thunder and sted means 'home'. A few towns in Scandinavia have the name Thorsted. Most Thorsteds in the USA all come from one family who emigrated to Utah in 1868. As a surname it refers to a family who came from a place named Thorsted.

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Thorsted Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark5911:9,551890
United States3401:1,066,05677,773
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Thorsted Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Thor was a Norse the God of Thunder and sted means 'home'. A few towns in Scandinavia have the name Thorsted. Most Thorsteds in the USA all come from one family who emigrated to Utah in 1868. As a surname it refers to a family who came from a place named Thorsted.

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Thorsted Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thorsted occurs most in Denmark. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Thorsted click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thorsted? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 376,758th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,679,184 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Thorsted are found; 64 percent are found in Northern Europe and 64 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Denmark, where it is borne by 591 people, or 1 in 9,551. In Denmark it is primarily found in: Central Denmark Region, where 27 percent are found, Capital Region of Denmark, where 23 percent are found and Region Zealand, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Denmark this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Thorsted Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Thorsted has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thorsted surname expanded 1,214 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thorsted Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Thorsted are 22.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.05% registered with the party.

Thorsted earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.63% less than the national average, earning $41,584 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thorstead945/
Thorstedt942/
Torsted930/
Torstedt882/
Thursted880/
Torste864/
Torster80100/
Torsæter7537/
Turstedt7534/
Taarsted7510/
Tarstedt759/
Terstedt752/
Törstedt751/
Torsti71142/
Tarste712/
Torsta710/
Torshti671/
Tarsta571/
Torchti5335/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Thorsted
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