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
Borgqvist has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Borgqvist? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 860,770th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname Borgqvist occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Borgqvist reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Borgqvist is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 279 people, or 1 in 35,293. In Sweden it is most common in: Skåne County, where 41 percent live, Stockholm County, where 19 percent live and Gävleborg County, where 13 percent live. Excluding Sweden this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 10 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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
- 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 Borgqvist
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