Arnkvist Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Arnkvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Arnkvist Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden821:120,0828,566
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Arnkvist Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arnkvist Come From? nationality or country of origin

Arnkvist is found most in Sweden. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arnkvist? popularity and diffusion

Arnkvist is the 1,894,523rd most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Arnkvist live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 120,082. In Sweden Arnkvist is most common in: Stockholm County, where 28 percent live, Västernorrland County, where 27 percent live and Västerbotten County, where 22 percent live. Other than Sweden it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 11 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arenkvist946/
Arnqvist88303/
Ernkvist8816/
Hörnkvist82130/
Hernkvist825/
Hornkvist824/
Ahrnqvist824/
Ernqvist7529/
Örnqvist7522/
Hörnqvist71320/
Hernqvist71157/
Härnqvist7161/
Hornqvist713/
Hoernqvist671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Arnkvist
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