Borgqvist Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Borgqvist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 279 | 1:35,293 | 2,857 |
| Denmark | 31 | 1:182,088 | 15,299 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Borgqvist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Borgqvist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Borgqvist is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Borgqvist? popularity and diffusion
It is the 860,770th most frequent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. The last name Borgqvist is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Borgqvist live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Borgqvist is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 279 people, or 1 in 35,293. In Sweden Borgqvist is primarily found in: Skåne County, where 41 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 19 percent are found and Gävleborg County, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Sweden this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 10 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bergqvist | 89 | 9,032 | / |
| Borgkvist | 89 | 194 | / |
| Bergqkvist | 84 | 1 | / |
| Berqvist | 82 | 6 | / |
| Borkvist | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bärqvist | 82 | 1 | / |
| Burqvist | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bergkvist | 78 | 4,118 | / |
| Berkqvist | 78 | 8 | / |
| Bergqvíst | 78 | 1 | / |
| Berkvist | 71 | 10 | / |
| Warqvist | 71 | 1 | / |
| Burkvist | 71 | 1 | / |
| Barkvist | 71 | 0 | / |
| Berqvest | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vargkvist | 67 | 1 | / |
| Barkvis | 63 | 1 | / |
| Borkhuis | 59 | 155 | / |
| Borkva | 53 | 1 | / |
| Borcva | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Borgqvist
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