Blomquist Surname

67,024th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Blomquist Surname Definition:

(Swedish) Flower twig.

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Blomquist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,2131:69,5308,069
Sweden1,5081:6,530597
Norway2161:23,8073,131
Canada1571:234,68522,439
Denmark951:59,4186,037
New Zealand461:98,44213,260
Australia391:692,19746,687
England351:1,591,94567,242
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Finland191:289,30021,660
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Wales71:442,07621,198
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Montserrat11:4,947471
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1501:334,79125,907

The alternate forms: Blömquist (1) are calculated separately.

Blomquist Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Swedish) Flower twig.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This name is of a Swedish origin, meaning 'flower twig'.

- horselover

Blomquist Last Name Facts

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

The last name Blomquist occurs most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms: Blömquist. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Blomquist? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 67,024th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 980,959 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Blomquist live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 5,213 people, or 1 in 69,530. In The United States Blomquist is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 12 percent are found, Illinois, where 7 percent are found and Texas, where 5 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 20 percent are found and Norway, where 3 percent are found.

Blomquist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Blomquist has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 3,475 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,750 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Blomquist Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Blomquist last name are 4.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.73% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Blomquist earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.78% less than the national average, earning 343,365 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 223.73% more than the national average, earning R 769,308 per year; in United States they earn 6.62% more than the national average, earning $46,006 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.63% less than the national average, earning $45,393 CAD per year.

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