Tofstad Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Tofstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tofstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States821:4,420,231233,612
Norway81:642,78647,258

Tofstad Last Name Facts

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

Tofstad is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tofstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tofstad is the 1,967,751st most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Tofstad live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 4,420,231. In The United States it is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 29 percent reside, Washington, where 29 percent reside and Nevada, where 16 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 9 percent reside.

Tofstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tofstad surname are 25.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 79.17% being registered with the political party.

The amount Tofstad earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 0.78% less than the national average, earning 343,367 kr per year and in United States they earn 18.99% less than the national average, earning $34,957 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tofstadt931/
Tovsta77463/
Tobsta771/
Tovstiea677/
Tovsto621/
Tovstoi5711/
Tobstoy578/
Towstgo574/
Tovstoy573/
Tovstous5357/
Tovstohh532/

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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 Tofstad
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