Warnqvist Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Warnqvist Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Warnqvist Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden791:124,6428,853
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

The alternate forms: Wärnqvist (1) are calculated separately.

Warnqvist Last Name Facts

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

The last name Warnqvist has its highest incidence in Sweden. It can also appear as: Wärnqvist. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Warnqvist? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,047,559th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Warnqvist live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most numerous in Sweden, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 124,642. In Sweden Warnqvist is primarily concentrated in: Värmland County, where 34 percent reside, Örebro County, where 22 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 18 percent reside. Other than Sweden Warnqvist is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 5 percent reside and Finland, where 1 percent reside.

Warnqvist Last Name Statistics demography

Warnqvist earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 27.9% less than the national average, earning 249,527 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wärnqvist961/
Waernqvist9523/
Wernqvist89102/
Warnkvist897/
Varnqvist895/
Värnqvist7820/
Vernqvist7817/
Bärnqvist786/
Wernkvist784/
Varnkvist782/
Bornkvist674/
Vernkvist672/
Värnkvist671/

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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 Warnqvist
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