Trygstad Family History & Genealogy
Trygstad Last Name History & Origin
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A Norwegian surname taken from any of at least five Trygstad farms found throughout Norway. As of the 2010 U.S. census, there were 342 people in the United States with the surname Trygstad. As of 2023, according to Statistics Norway, the are 68 people in Norway with the surname Trygstad. There are at least 2 people with the surname Trygstad living in the United Kingdom. There are probably fewer than 450 people with this surname worldwide.
History
Before the late 19th century, most Norwegians did not have family surnames. Their surname was a patronymic, their father's name followed by son or dottir. So if your father was named Andreas, your surname would be Andreasson or Andreasdottir. When people began use of a family surname in the 1800s, particularly when they emigrated to the United States, they often took the name of the family farm. There were at least five farms in Norway named Trygstad. This means that having a last name of Trygstad does NOT necessarily mean you are related to anyone else named Trygstad, as the name represents at least five distinct and geographically seperated families.
Name Origin
Trygg means safe or secure, and stad is Norwegian for the English word stead, as in farmstead or homestead, a collection of buildings often belonging to the same family and not large enough to be a town. (When Trygg is combined with other words, the final g is dropped.) Trygstad is a name taken from several family farms in Norway. One was in the village and parish of Stiklestad in the municipality of Verdal in Trøndelag county; one was in the municipality of Trøgstad in Østfold county; one was in the area of the municipality of Røros in Trøndelag county; one was in Hønefoss, a town and the administrative center of the municipality of Ringerike in Buskerud, Viken county; and one is in the far north of Norway, near the village of Skoganvarre in Porsanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county.
Spellings & Pronunciations
It is pronounced trig-stad. An alternate spelling is Trøgstad. There is a Trigstad Road in Palo, Minnesota, named for the Trygstad farm there founded by John Martin Andreasson Trygstad (of the Sticklestad Trygstads) in the early 20th century. No Trygstads lived in Palo any longer; the locals knew it was called the Trygstad farm but did not know how to spell it.
Nationality & Ethnicity
Norway and Norwegian.
Famous People named Trygstad
No one REALLY famous, but here are some notable Trygstads:
Hollywood hairstylist Ryan Trygstad
Trygstad Motorsports founder Dave Trygstad
Professor Ray Trygstad of Illinois Institute of Technology
Cellist Nicholas Trygstad, principal cello of the Hallé Orchestra
Michael Trygstad, founder of Trigg Laboratories, Inc.
Hymn composer Alex Trygstad
Competitive skier and runner Kristina Trygstad-Saari
Attorneys Lawrence B. Trygstad and Shanon Dawn Trygstad, of the law firm of Trygstad, Schwab, and Trygstad
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