Tellqvist Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Tellqvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tellqvist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden461:214,06014,843
Finland241:229,02918,579
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Tellqvist Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tellqvist occurs most in Sweden. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tellqvist? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tellqvist is the 2,185,341st most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Tellqvist occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Tellqvist are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 214,060. In Sweden Tellqvist is most numerous in: Halland County, where 65 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 17 percent are found and Skåne County, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Sweden it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 32 percent are found and Norway, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tallqvist89536/
Tollqvist8983/
Tillqvist8982/
Dellqvist891/
Tillkvist7857/
Tallkvist7854/
Thilqvist7819/
Dellkvist7817/
Tullkvist7815/
Dillqvist783/
Tallgvist781/
Dalqvist71188/
Delkvist717/
Dahlqvist674,443/
Dahlquvist631/
Dalkvist59195/
Dahlkvist56586/
Dahlgvist562/
Dahl Kvist531/

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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 Tellqvist
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