Wangstad Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Wangstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wangstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:5,409,835270,257
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wangstad Last Name Facts

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

Wangstad is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangstad? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,237,939th most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Wangstad occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Wangstad reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Wangstad is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 5,409,835. In The United States it is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 67 percent live, New York, where 7 percent live and North Dakota, where 4 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 6 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Wangstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wangstad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wangstad last name increased 6,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wangstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wangstad are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the political party.

Wangstad earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.78% more than the national average, earning $45,641 USD 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 Wangstad
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