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 last name Sörqvist is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Sorqvist. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sörqvist? popularity and diffusion
It is the 801,116th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. Sörqvist is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sörqvist live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
Sörqvist is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is carried by 343 people, or 1 in 28,708. In Sweden Sörqvist is most numerous in: Västra Götaland County, where 64 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 15 percent are found and Gävleborg County, where 9 percent are found. Besides Sweden it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.
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
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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 Sörqvist
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