Bergqvist Surname
Approximately 9,032 people bear this surname
Bergqvist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 8,218 | 1:1,198 | 97 |
| Denmark | 221 | 1:25,542 | 2,602 |
| Finland | 210 | 1:26,175 | 3,588 |
| Norway | 128 | 1:40,174 | 5,714 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Bergqvíst (1) are calculated separately.
Bergqvist Demographics
Average Bergqvist Salary in
United States
$70,206 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bergqvist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bergqvist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bergqvist is found most frequently in Sweden. It may also appear as: Bergqvíst. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bergqvist? popularity and diffusion
It is the 56,171st most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 806,858 people. Bergqvist occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Bergqvist live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Bergqvist is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is borne by 8,218 people, or 1 in 1,198. In Sweden it is most common in: Stockholm County, where 20 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 19 percent live and Skåne County, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Sweden this last name exists in 36 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 2 percent live and Finland, where 2 percent live.
Bergqvist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Bergqvist has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bergqvist last name expanded 1,533 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bergqvist Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bergqvist last name are 36.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90% registered with the political party.
The amount Bergqvist earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15% less than the national average, earning 294,181 kr per year and in United States they earn 62.71% more than the national average, earning $70,206 USD per year.
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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
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