Nordkvist Surname

272,809th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,426 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Nordkvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nordkvist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1,2241:8,045741
Denmark1231:45,8924,801
Norway381:135,32317,347
Finland191:289,30021,660
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Nordkvist Last Name Facts

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

Nordkvist (Russian: Нордквист) is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nordkvist? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 272,809th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,110,481 people. Nordkvist is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Nordkvist reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 1,224 people, or 1 in 8,045. In Sweden it is most numerous in: Skåne County, where 18 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 13 percent are found and Dalarna County, where 10 percent are found. Besides Sweden this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 9 percent are found and Norway, where 3 percent are found.

Nordkvist Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Nordkvist earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.57% more than the national average, earning 365,353 kr per year and in United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nordekvist9520/
Nordkviste951/
Nordkvists951/
Nordqvist894,745/
Nordkvish890/
Nordgvist890/
Nortqvist781/

Nordkvist Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nordkvist in the Russian language
Нордквистnordkvist-

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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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  • 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 Nordkvist
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