Edkvist Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Edkvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Edkvist 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
Sweden1531:64,3584,912
Norway21:2,571,14395,402

Edkvist Last Name Facts

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

The surname Edkvist is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Edkvist? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,403,590th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Edkvist live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widespread in Sweden, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 64,358. In Sweden Edkvist is mostly concentrated in: Värmland County, where 52 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 21 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Sweden it exists in one country. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent reside.

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
Hedkvist93546/
Jedkvist936/
Ekvist9226/
Edqvist86686/
Ekqvist86374/
Ödkvist8611/
Ydkvist8610/
Odkvist861/
Ekvis831/
Hedqvist801,181/
Jidkvist809/
Ekvyst7710/
Ekvi735/
Odqvist71209/
Ödqvist7183/
Adqvist715/
Iskvist712/
Edqvistova711/
Ekves677/
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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 Edkvist
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