Hamnqvist Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hamnqvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Hamnqvist 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
Sweden201:492,33835,486
United States71:51,779,848968,877

Hamnqvist Last Name Facts

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

Hamnqvist is most common in Sweden. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hamnqvist? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Hamnqvist is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Hamnqvist reside; 74 percent reside in Northern Europe and 74 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 492,338. In Sweden Hamnqvist is most common in: Stockholm County, where 75 percent live, Örebro County, where 10 percent live and Dalarna County, where 5 percent live. Beside Sweden this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent live.

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
Hanqvist9460/
Hamqvist9419/
Hannqvist892/
Hahnqvist892/
Anqvist8819/
Hankvist8252/
Ahnqvist8241/
Hamkvist822/
Jankvist7118/
Angkvist717/
Ahnkvist715/
Anqvi714/
Omkvist639/
Jonkvist594/
Einkvist591/
Anqbi571/
Ankvich507/
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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 Hamnqvist
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