Åqvist Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Åqvist Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 184 | 1:53,515 | 4,137 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Åqvist Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Åqvist Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Åqvist is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Åqvist? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,177,228th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Åqvist are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This last name is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 53,515. In Sweden Åqvist is mostly concentrated in: Jönköping County, where 26 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 20 percent are found and Örebro County, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Sweden it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Åqvist
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