Wissestad Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Wissestad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wissestad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway201:257,11427,149
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692

Wissestad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wissestad has its highest incidence in Norway. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wissestad click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wissestad? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wissestad is the 3,017,195th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Wissestad are found; 48 percent are found in Northern Europe and 48 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly used in Norway, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 257,114. In Norway it is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent live. Besides Norway it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and Belgium, where 19 percent live.

Wissestad Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Wissestad earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 19.9% less than the national average, earning 277,206 kr per year and in United States they earn 60.89% less than the national average, earning $16,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wissetta821/
Wiseta801/
Wisesthai781/
Bisesta7515/
Wissita751/
Visseta751/
Bissetta7170/
Bissesto7121/
Wisettha712/
Biseshta711/
Wisetaut711/
Wisethai711/
Wisita6710/
Visheshta676/
Viseta671/

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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 Wissestad
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