Hellquist Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hellquist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hellquist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden4061:24,2531,968
United States1151:3,151,817182,069
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
England31:18,572,686338,250
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Hellquist Last Name Facts

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

Hellquist is most common in Sweden. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Hellquist.

How Common Is The Last Name Hellquist? popularity and diffusion

The last name Hellquist is the 542,751st most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 74 percent of Hellquist reside; 72 percent reside in Northern Europe and 69 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 406 people, or 1 in 24,253. In Sweden Hellquist is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 34 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 17 percent live and Jönköping County, where 8 percent live. Apart from Sweden this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Hellquist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Hellquist has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hellquist last name grew 1,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hellquist Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Hellquist surname are 6.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.57% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Hellquist earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 1.17% more than the national average, earning $43,656 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.16% more than the national average, earning $67,646 CAD per year.

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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 Hellquist
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