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    The surname Elmquist

    A Swedish surname, carried by 837 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E452

    Elmquist: #28,498 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Elmquist #28,498, 837 people Elmquist: #28,498 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Elmquist #28,498, 837 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Elmquist is more common than 82.4% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Variant of Swedish Elmqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements alm (“elm”) and 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 837 people named Elmquist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 368,872 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 792.

    #28,498
    rank among US surnames
    837
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #28,375)

    Who is named Elmquist

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

    95% of people named Elmquist identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Elmquist

    Elmquist has the Soundex code E452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E452.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Elmquist come from?
    Variant of Swedish Elmqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements alm (“elm”) and kvist (“twig”).
    How common is the surname Elmquist?
    837 people in the United States had the surname Elmquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 368,872 Americans. It ranked 28,498th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Elmquist?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Elmquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Elmquist getting more or less common?
    More common. 792 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 837 in 2010, up 5.7%.