Hellkvist Surname

593,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 525 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hellkvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hellkvist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden5101:19,3071,621
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Hellkvist Last Name Facts

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

Hellkvist is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Hellkvist? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 593,568th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,881,040 people. The last name Hellkvist is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Hellkvist live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Hellkvist is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 510 people, or 1 in 19,307. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 24 percent reside, Södermanland County, where 16 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent reside. Besides Sweden this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Haellkvist951/
Helkvist9415/
Ellkvist948/
Hellkvis941/
Hellqvist892,018/
Hallkvist89337/
Hällkvist89119/
Hollkvist892/
Hillkvist891/
Hyllekvist8436/
Haellqvist841/
Ahlkvist82339/
Ellqvist8255/
Helqvist8248/
Halkvist8212/
Jelkvist826/
Hallqvist781,263/
Hällqvist78216/
Hillqvist7818/
Hollqvist7817/
Gillkvist7816/
Alkvist7579/
Olkvist754/
Ilkvist751/
Hylleqvist741/
Ohlqvist7161/
Elgqvist7148/
Ollqvist7127/
Allqvist7114/
Algkvist7111/
Halqvist711/
Alkhvist711/
Gillqvist6757/
Alqvist6348/
Hyllekve594/
Alhqvist593/
Elkbi571/
Ilkvich501/
Elkhbai501/
Chelkbe501/

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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 Hellkvist
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