Kallestad Family History

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Kallestad Name Meaning

Norwegian: habitational name from various farmsteads in Hordaland named Kallestad, from the Old Norse personal name Karli, a compound of karl ‘(free) man’, or a river name derived from kaldr ‘cold’ + staðir ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Hillestad, Hatlestad, Ellestad, Balstad, Karlstad, Kolstad, Folkestad

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Kallestad Family Origin

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Kallestad Family Occupations

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  • Farmer

    100%

In 1880, the most common Kallestad occupation in the USA was Farmer. 100% of Kallestad's were Farmers.

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Kallestad Historical Records

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Kallestad Life Expectancy

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