Almkvist Surname
Approximately 553 people bear this surname
Almkvist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 536 | 1:18,371 | 1,543 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Almkvist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Almkvist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Almkvist (Russian: Альмквист) is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Almkvist.
How Common Is The Last Name Almkvist? popularity and diffusion
The last name Almkvist is the 570,540th most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 13,178,202 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Almkvist reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 536 people, or 1 in 18,371. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 25 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 11 percent live and Skåne County, where 10 percent live. Other than Sweden this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Almkvist Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Almkvist in the Russian language | ||
| Альмквист | almkvist | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Almkvist
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