# Lindquist (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lindquist/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swedish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,337 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,189 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,233 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (11,229 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Lindqvist.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lindquist in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lindquist in the United States.

## People named Lindquist

- Susan Lindquist, American geneticist, molecular biologist, and university teacher (1949–2016)
- Barbara Lindquist, American triathlete

## Similar surnames

Lundquist, Lindsey, Lindsay, Lindstrom, Lindsley, Landis, Lentz, Lantz, Lewandowski, Lindgren, Lundgren, Landes.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.