Sörqvist Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Sörqvist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 343 | 1:28,708 | 2,341 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Sorqvist (4) are calculated separately.
Sörqvist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sörqvist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sörqvist has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can be rendered as a variant: Sorqvist. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sörqvist? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sörqvist is the 801,116th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. Sörqvist occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sörqvist live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequently used in Sweden, where it is held by 343 people, or 1 in 28,708. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Västra Götaland County, where 64 percent live, Stockholm County, where 15 percent live and Gävleborg County, where 9 percent live. Beside Sweden Sörqvist occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorqvist | 96 | 4 | / |
| Srqvist | 93 | 4 | / |
| Sörkvist | 88 | 20 | / |
| Sørqvist | 88 | 3 | / |
| Scherqvist | 78 | 7 | / |
| Sorkvist | 75 | 6 | / |
| Sarkvist | 75 | 2 | / |
| Jörkvist | 75 | 1 | / |
| Järkvist | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sarakvast | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sarghvost | 59 | 1 | / |
| Saari-Kivistö | 57 | 2 | / |
| Sarakavast | 56 | 17 | / |
| Surkeviciute | 50 | 1 | / |
| Surkevičiūtė | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Sörqvist
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