Hallkvist Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Hallkvist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 303 | 1:32,498 | 2,649 |
| Denmark | 24 | 1:235,196 | 18,480 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Hällkvist (119) are calculated separately.
Hallkvist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hallkvist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hallkvist occurs most in Sweden. It may also be rendered as a variant: Hällkvist. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hallkvist? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 823,466th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. The surname Hallkvist is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Hallkvist reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.
Hallkvist is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is carried by 303 people, or 1 in 32,498. In Sweden Hallkvist is mostly concentrated in: Skåne County, where 19 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 12 percent reside and Gävleborg County, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Sweden it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hällkvist | 96 | 119 | / |
| Haellkvist | 95 | 1 | / |
| Halkvist | 94 | 12 | / |
| Hallqvist | 89 | 1,263 | / |
| Hellkvist | 89 | 525 | / |
| Hollkvist | 89 | 2 | / |
| Alkvist | 88 | 79 | / |
| Haellqvist | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ahlkvist | 82 | 339 | / |
| Alkviste | 82 | 25 | / |
| Helkvist | 82 | 15 | / |
| Allqvist | 82 | 14 | / |
| Algkvist | 82 | 11 | / |
| Ellkvist | 82 | 8 | / |
| Alkvists | 82 | 1 | / |
| Alkhvist | 82 | 1 | / |
| Halqvist | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hasselkvist | 80 | 152 | / |
| Hellqvist | 78 | 2,018 | / |
| Hällqvist | 78 | 216 | / |
| Hollqvist | 78 | 17 | / |
| Alqvist | 75 | 48 | / |
| Olkvist | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ohlqvist | 71 | 61 | / |
| Ellqvist | 71 | 55 | / |
| Helqvist | 71 | 48 | / |
| Ollqvist | 71 | 27 | / |
| Alhqvist | 71 | 3 | / |
| Hasselqvist | 70 | 342 | / |
| Alkves | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Hallkvist
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