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    The surname Onstad

    A Norwegian surname, carried by 673 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O523

    Onstad: #33,810 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Onstad #33,810, 673 people Onstad: #33,810 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Onstad #33,810, 673 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Onstad is more common than 79.2% of them.

    Origin

    Norwegian origin

    Borrowed from Norwegian Onstad, named after several farmsteads in Norway, many of which were prefixed with Old Norse names followed by staðr (“farmstead”); for example, Augunarstaðir (“Auðun's farm”), from auðr (“wealth”) + un (“friend”) (see vinr) + staðr.

    One of 31 Norwegian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 673 people named Onstad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 458,760 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 694.

    #33,810
    rank among US surnames
    673
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3%
    change since 2000 (was #31,530)

    Who is named Onstad

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Onstad identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Onstad

    Onstad has the Soundex code O523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O523.

    Other Norwegian surnames

    All 31 Norwegian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Onstad come from?
    Borrowed from Norwegian Onstad, named after several farmsteads in Norway, many of which were prefixed with Old Norse names followed by staðr (“farmstead”); for example, Augunarstaðir (“Auðun's farm”), from auðr (“wealth”) + un (“friend”) (see vinr) + staðr.
    How common is the surname Onstad?
    673 people in the United States had the surname Onstad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 458,760 Americans. It ranked 33,810th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Onstad?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Onstad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Onstad getting more or less common?
    Less common. 694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 673 in 2010, down 3.0%.