Renkvist Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Renkvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Renkvist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden201:492,33835,486
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Renkvist Last Name Facts

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

The last name Renkvist is found most frequently in Sweden. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Renkvist? popularity and diffusion

The last name Renkvist is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Renkvist are found; 84 percent are found in Northern Europe and 84 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 492,338. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Norrbotten County, where 35 percent are found, Kronoberg County, where 25 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 15 percent are found. Other than Sweden this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Finland, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rehnkvist946/
Renqvist88119/
Rønkvist886/
Rnnkvist884/
Renkvish883/
Rönnkvist82438/
Ringkvist82227/
Rehnqvist82164/
Renkvie801/
Rønqvist7528/
Rönqvist7520/
Rnnqvist7518/
Hrnqvist755/
Rönnqvist711,774/
Ringqvist71725/
Rønnqvist713/
Hørnqvist711/
Renkver6745/
Rönnqvisth674/
Rimqvist633/

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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 Renkvist
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