Hedkvist Surname

576,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hedkvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hedkvist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden5201:18,9361,589
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Norway81:642,78647,258
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Hedkvist Last Name Facts

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

The last name Hedkvist occurs most in Sweden. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hedkvist? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 576,198th most common last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 13,347,154 people. The last name Hedkvist is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Hedkvist reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Hedkvist is most common in Sweden, where it is held by 520 people, or 1 in 18,936. In Sweden Hedkvist is most frequent in: Norrbotten County, where 27 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 15 percent are found and Gävleborg County, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Sweden it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Hedkvist Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Hedkvist earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.85% less than the national average, earning 336,222 kr per year and in United States they earn 83.23% more than the national average, earning $79,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Edkvist93155/
Hedqvist881,181/
Jedkvist886/
Ekvist8626/
Edqvist80686/
Ekqvist80374/
Ödkvist8011/
Ydkvist8010/
Odkvist801/
Ekvis771/
Jidkvist759/
Häggkvist71579/
Ekvyst7110/
Hekhuis67250/
Odqvist67209/
Ödqvist6783/
Adqvist675/
Ekvi675/
Iskvist672/
Edqvistova671/

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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 Hedkvist
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