Welstad Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Welstad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Welstad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:5,253,028264,570
Norway111:467,48139,375
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Welstad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Welstad is most common in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Welstad? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,075,631st most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name Welstad occurs mostly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Welstad live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 5,253,028. In The United States it is most numerous in: North Dakota, where 46 percent are found, Oregon, where 20 percent are found and Wyoming, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 13 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Welstad Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Welstad has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Welstad surname grew 3,450 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Welstad Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Welstad surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.

The amount Welstad earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 18.93% less than the national average, earning 280,584 kr per year and in United States they earn 6.39% more than the national average, earning $45,907 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
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  • 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 Welstad
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