Onstad
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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.
Proper noun
editOnstad (plural Onstads)
- A surname from Norwegian.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Onstad is the 33810th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 673 individuals. Onstad is most common among White (94.35%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Onstad”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.