Walquist Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Walquist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walquist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4721:767,92159,720
Norway381:135,32317,347
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Walquist Last Name Facts

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

Walquist is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Walquist.

How Common Is The Last Name Walquist? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 592,650th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 13,854,650 people. The surname Walquist is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Walquist are found; 90 percent are found in North America and 90 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Walquist is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 472 people, or 1 in 767,921. In The United States Walquist is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 16 percent reside, Minnesota, where 13 percent reside and Michigan, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The United States it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Walquist Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Walquist has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Walquist surname rose 1,276 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Walquist Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Walquist surname are 25.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72% registered with the political party.

The amount Walquist earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 8.69% less than the national average, earning 315,996 kr per year and in United States they earn 8.43% more than the national average, earning $46,788 USD 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
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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 Walquist
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