Explore the Family Name Ringstad

The meaning of Ringstad

Norwegian: habitational name from any of about twenty farmsteads named in Old Norse as Ringsstathir, from the personal name Ringr, meaning ‘ring’, + stathir ‘farmstead, dwelling’. Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Ringstad shifted in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Ringstad was ranked 44,821st in terms of prevalence, with a total count of 451 occurrences. By the year 2010, the rank had slipped to 48,436th, with the frequency dropping slightly to 436 recorded occurrences. This represented a decrease of 8.07% in popularity and a 3.33% drop in overall count. The proportion per 100,000 also fell by approximately 11.76%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,821	#48,436	-8.07%
Count	451	436	-3.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.15	-11.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ringstad

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals an interesting shift within the Ringstad surname bearers from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, nearly all Ringstads identified as White, at a very high 97.56%. However, by 2010, this percentage had decreased to 95.18%. Over this decade, new ethnic identities emerged within this surname group: Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying with two or more races, recorded at 1.15% and 2.06% respectively in 2010. Conversely, the Hispanic identity, which accounted for 1.33% in 2000, was not recorded in 2010. There were no identified Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native Ringstads in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.56%	95.18%	-2.44%
Two or More Races	0%	2.06%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.15%	0%
Hispanic	1.33%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%