Explore the Family Name Distad

The meaning of Distad

Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead named Distad in Sogn, from the Old Norse female personal name Dís + stad (from Old Norse stathr ‘farmstead, dwelling’).

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How common is the last name Distad in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Distad has seen a decrease in recent years. In 2000, it was ranked as the 47,389th most common surname, with a count of 421 people bearing it. By 2010, however, its ranking had dropped to 56,073, and the number of people with this surname had decreased to 365. This represents a change in rank of -18.32% and a reduction in count by 13.3%. The proportion of individuals with the surname Distad per 100,000 also experienced a decline from 0.16 in 2000 to 0.12 in 2010, representing a decrease of 25%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#47,389	#56,073	-18.32%
Count	421	365	-13.3%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.12	-25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Distad

Turning to ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of those with the surname Distad identify as White, making up 95.72% in 2000 and 93.97% in 2010, a slight decrease of 1.83%. The Hispanic representation among those with the surname Distad also saw a reduction from 2.85% in 2000 to 2.19% in 2010, a drop of 23.16%. Interestingly, the census recorded an emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races within the Distad surname group, registering at 2.47% in 2010. However, there were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.72%	93.97%	-1.83%
Two or More Races	0%	2.47%	0%
Hispanic	2.85%	2.19%	-23.16%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%