Lövquist Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Lövquist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lövquist 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
Sweden751:131,2909,286
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Lovquist (14) are calculated separately.

Lövquist Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lövquist is found most in Sweden. It may also be found as: Lovquist. For other possible spellings of Lövquist click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lövquist? popularity and diffusion

Lövquist is the 2,121,169th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. Lövquist is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Lövquist reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 131,290. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Skåne County, where 63 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 23 percent reside and Halland County, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Sweden this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 4 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

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
Lovquist9614/
Löfquist88398/
Löwquist883/
Löfquisth821/
Lofquist751,041/
Lafquist7519/
Lefquist752/
Lawquist750/
Lofquit672/
Levques671/

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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 Lövquist
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