Malmqvist Surname

127,936th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Malmqvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Malmqvist 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
Sweden3,2171:3,061294
Denmark1701:33,2043,433
Norway331:155,82719,235
Finland261:211,41217,592
Estonia231:57,47010,794
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
England71:7,959,723202,100
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
France21:33,211,361423,184
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
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Malmqvist Demographics

Average Malmqvist Salary in
United States

$29,071 USD

Per year
Rank:
1,002,620 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.3861E-6
Rank: 895,171 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
67.37%
Sample size: 7 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Malmqvist Last Name Facts

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

The surname Malmqvist occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Malmqvist? popularity and diffusion

Malmqvist is the 127,936th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,056,305 people. Malmqvist is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Malmqvist are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 3,217 people, or 1 in 3,061. In Sweden Malmqvist is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 21 percent live, Skåne County, where 20 percent live and Västra Götaland County, where 13 percent live. Aside from Sweden it occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 5 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Malmqvist Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Malmqvist earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 8.65% less than the national average, earning 316,151 kr per year and in United States they earn 32.63% less than the national average, earning $29,071 USD per year.

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
Malmquvist951/
Malmkvist89764/
Malmekvist841/

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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 Malmqvist
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