Onstad

English

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Onstad (plural Onstads)

1. A surname from Norwegian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Onstad is the 33810^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 673 individuals. Onstad is most common among White (94.35%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Onstad”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Donats, donats