Thornquist Surname

646,966th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 468 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Thornquist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thornquist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3671:987,62773,174
Norway681:75,62210,585
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
England31:18,572,686338,250
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

The alternate forms: Thörnquist (55) are calculated separately.

Thornquist Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thornquist occurs most in The United States. It can be found as: Thörnquist. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thornquist? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 646,966th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 15,571,679 people. The surname Thornquist occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Thornquist are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Thornquist is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 367 people, or 1 in 987,627. In The United States it is most common in: Washington, where 19 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and Texas, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 15 percent live and Sweden, where 3 percent live.

Thornquist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Thornquist has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thornquist surname grew 2,039 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Thornquist Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Thornquist last name are 11.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.38% registered with the party.

The amount Thornquist earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 10.61% less than the national average, earning 309,352 kr per year; in United States they earn 10.65% more than the national average, earning $47,745 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.04% less than the national average, earning $46,680 CAD per year.

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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 Thornquist
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