Explore the Family Name Hanstad

The meaning of Hanstad

Norwegian: more recent habitational name with the personal name Hans (see Hans) and stad ‘place, farm’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the Hanstad surname in the United States has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 71,610th most common in the country, falling to the 78,316th position in 2010. This represented a decrease of approximately 9.36%. Similarly, the number of individuals with this surname fell from 254 in 2000 to 244 in 2010, indicating a drop of around 3.94%. The proportion of people carrying the Hanstad surname per 100,000 also declined by about 11.11% over this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#71,610	#78,316	-9.36%
Count	254	244	-3.94%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hanstad

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some changes in the distribution of the Hanstad surname among different ethnic groups between 2000 and 2010. While there was no recorded change within the Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native communities, there was a rise noted in the "Two or more races" category, from 0% to 4.10%, and in the Hispanic group, with an increase from 0% to 2.05%. On the other hand, there was a decrease in the percentage of individuals with this surname identifying as "White", falling from 96.46% in 2000 to 93.44% in 2010. The ethnicity information for the years in question does not, however, include any percentages that were suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.46%	93.44%	-3.13%
Two or More Races	0%	4.1%	0%
Hispanic	0%	2.05%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%