Gudmestad

Gudmestad Meaning & Origin

About Gudmestad
The surname Gudmestad is of Norwegian origin and is derived from the Old Norse personal name Guðmestr, meaning "God's most excellent" or "God's best." The second element, "stad," refers to a place or location. Therefore, Gudmestad can be interpreted as "God's most excellent place" or "God's best location." It is likely that the surname originated as a patronymic, indicating descent from an ancestor named Guðmestr.

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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Gudmestad is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Gudmestad: 100
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 160,975
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.03

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Gudmestad based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

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Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
KTMSTT
🗽 NYSIIS
GANA
🔊 Soundex
G03502303
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
G AH1 D AH0 M S T EH2 D
🌐 IPA
/gudmestad*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('KTMSTT', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
G352

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Gudmestad in Braille

Here's how to represent Gudmestad in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Gudmestad in braille

How to sign the name Gudmestad using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Gudmestad using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Gudmestad in sign language

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