Wingqvist Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Wingqvist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 159 | 1:61,929 | 4,741 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wingqvist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wingqvist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wingqvist has its highest incidence in Sweden. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wingqvist? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wingqvist is the 1,353,468th most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Wingqvist live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 61,929. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Västra Götaland County, where 33 percent live, Stockholm County, where 26 percent live and Värmland County, where 9 percent live. Besides Sweden this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 2 percent live and Slovakia, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wingqvist
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