The last name "andstedt" is it swedish?

Question: The last name "andstedt" is it swedish!?
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It doesn't sound very Swedish (I'm Swedish), even if it could pass as a "normal" name if you encountered it in Sweden, since there are quite many family names ending with -stedt in Sweden!. However, I checked the official name statistics from the Statistics Sweden's website, and found there are no Andstedts living in Sweden!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Andstedt appears to be a variant of Anstedt, and originated in Germany!.

Anstett
Last name origins & meanings:
South German: from the medieval German personal name Anstett!. This is a vernacular derivative of Greek Anastasios (see Anastasio)!.
South German: habitational name for someone from Anstedt in Lower Saxony

Ansted
Last name origins & meanings:
German: variant of Anstett!.
English: variant of Anstead!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The exact origin of a NAME is not always the same as where your family or ancestry comes from!.
Using just your exact spelling, one lady did immigrate from Sweden!. However, the immigration lists are very limited and do not include everyone who ever came to the US!. You can't assume that there are not alternate spellings!. Anstedt is a name in the US pre 1880!.!. and per census records, there are several persons, with birth places shown in Baden, Germany, Alsace (France but on German border)!.
It is NOT POSSIBLE to assume by a name, where a person or his/ her ancestors come from, unless you actually locate that person (YOUR ancestor) and determine their place of birth!. Another source of confusion is often that you may have Swedish ancestry through your family, but the Swedish part may well be through a female ancestor!. Nothing keeps a Swedish person from marrying someone who is German (or anything else)!.
IF you have a particular ancestor that you want to know about, I encourage you to post the person with some details, so someone can look them up in the census for you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There is one immigrant with this name and she was from Sweden!.Www@QuestionHome@Com