Sjöqvist Surname
Approximately 1,677 people bear this surname
Sjöqvist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1,580 | 1:6,232 | 575 |
| Finland | 78 | 1:70,471 | 7,855 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Sjoqvist (39) are calculated separately.
Sjöqvist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sjöqvist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sjöqvist occurs more in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Sjoqvist. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sjöqvist? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 238,942nd most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 4,345,585 people. The last name Sjöqvist is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sjöqvist live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Sjöqvist is most common in Sweden, where it is held by 1,580 people, or 1 in 6,232. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 19 percent live, Västra Götaland County, where 19 percent live and Jönköping County, where 9 percent live. Beside Sweden this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 5 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.
Sjöqvist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sjöqvist has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sjöqvist last name contracted 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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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 Sjöqvist
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