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The surname Almquist

A surname, carried by 2,078 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A452

Almquist: #14,382 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Almquist #14,382, 2,078 people Almquist: #14,382 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Almquist #14,382, 2,078 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Almquist is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,078 people named Almquist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,578 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,041.

#14,382
rank among US surnames
2,078
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1.8%
change since 2000 (was #13,635)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,374Sclafani2,080148,435
#14,378Litwin2,079148,507
#14,382Fails2,078148,578

Who is named Almquist

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Almquist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Almquist

Almquist has the Soundex code A452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A452.

Questions

How common is the surname Almquist?
2,078 people in the United States had the surname Almquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,578 Americans. It ranked 14,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Almquist?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Almquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Almquist getting more or less common?
More common. 2,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,078 in 2010, up 1.8%.