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

The last name Wangstad occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wangstad? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name 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.

Wangstad is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 5,409,835. In The United States Wangstad is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 67 percent live, New York, where 7 percent live and North Dakota, where 4 percent live. Barring The United States this surname is found 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 frequency of Wangstad has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wangstad last name grew 6,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wangstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wangstad surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered with 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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