The surname Dahlquist
A Swedish surname, carried by 2,182 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D422
Origin
Swedish origin
Borrowed from Swedish Dahlqvist, from dahl (“valley”) + kvist (“twig”).
One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,182 people named Dahlquist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,497 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,191.
#13,850
rank among US surnames
2,182
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
-0.4%
change since 2000 (was #12,878)
Who is named Dahlquist
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Dahlquist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Other Swedish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Dahlquist come from?
- Borrowed from Swedish Dahlqvist, from dahl (“valley”) + kvist (“twig”).
- How common is the surname Dahlquist?
- 2,182 people in the United States had the surname Dahlquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,497 Americans. It ranked 13,850th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dahlquist?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dahlquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Dahlquist getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,182 in 2010, down 0.4%.