Ekqvist Surname
Approximately 374 people bear this surname
Ekqvist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 256 | 1:21,471 | 3,012 |
| Sweden | 109 | 1:90,337 | 6,599 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Ekqvist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekqvist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekqvist is found most frequently in Finland. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Ekqvist click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekqvist? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekqvist is the 763,307th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. The surname Ekqvist is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ekqvist live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 21,471. In Finland Ekqvist is primarily found in: Uusimaa, where 36 percent reside, Southwest Finland, where 32 percent reside and Ostrobothnia, where 10 percent reside. Beside Finland this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 29 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekvist | 92 | 26 | / |
| Edqvist | 86 | 686 | / |
| Edkvist | 86 | 155 | / |
| Hedqvist | 80 | 1,181 | / |
| Hedkvist | 80 | 546 | / |
| Öqvist | 77 | 683 | / |
| Ökvist | 77 | 388 | / |
| Okvist | 77 | 57 | / |
| Oqvist | 77 | 24 | / |
| Ekvyst | 77 | 10 | / |
| Akvist | 77 | 4 | / |
| Aqvist | 77 | 1 | / |
| Öhqvist | 71 | 41 | / |
| Ydkvist | 71 | 10 | / |
| Haeggqvist | 71 | 3 | / |
| Iskvist | 71 | 2 | / |
| Haqvist | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aaqvist | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ahqvist | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ohqvist | 71 | 1 | / |
| Högkvist | 67 | 220 | / |
| Högqvist | 67 | 150 | / |
| Hagqvist | 67 | 117 | / |
| Hagkvist | 67 | 49 | / |
| Jidkvist | 67 | 9 | / |
| Haaqvist | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hogqvist | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hogkvist | 67 | 1 | / |
| Häggqvist | 63 | 747 | / |
| Häggkvist | 63 | 579 | / |
| Haggqvist | 63 | 41 | / |
| Haggkvist | 63 | 35 | / |
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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 Ekqvist
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