Wivestad Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Wivestad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 95 | 1:54,129 | 7,765 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Wivestad Demographics
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Wivestad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wivestad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wivestad occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Wivestad click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wivestad? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,817,111th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Wivestad are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 93 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Wivestad is most widespread in Norway, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 54,129. In Norway it is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 74 percent are found, Western Norway, where 14 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Norway this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
Wivestad Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wivestad surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Wivestad earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.3% more than the national average, earning 354,025 kr per year and in United States they earn 59.33% more than the national average, earning $68,750 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 Wivestad
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