Lovqvist Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Lovqvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lovqvist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Lövqvist (253) are calculated separately.

Lovqvist Last Name Facts

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

Lovqvist is most common in Sweden. It may occur as a variant: Lövqvist. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lovqvist? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Lovqvist live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,461,689. In Sweden Lovqvist is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 50 percent reside, Gävleborg County, where 25 percent reside and Uppsala County, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Sweden Lovqvist occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 44 percent reside and Brazil, where 11 percent reside.

Lovqvist Last Name Statistics demography

Lovqvist earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 71.32% less than the national average, earning $12,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lövqvist96253/
Lofqvist8825/
Lovkvist8817/
Loefqvist824/
Löfqvist751,452/
Lövkvist75516/
Lofkvist7515/
Levkvist7512/
Lôfqvist751/
Lafqvist751/
Löfkvist63337/
Löwkvist6310/

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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
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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 Lovqvist
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