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    The surname Lindquist

    A Swedish surname, carried by 11,337 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L532

    Lindquist: #3,189 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lindquist #3,189, 11,337 people Lindquist: #3,189 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lindquist #3,189, 11,337 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lindquist is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Lindqvist.

    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 11,337 people named Lindquist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,233 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,229.

    #3,189
    rank among US surnames
    11,337
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,945)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,180Tolentino11,37127,152
    #3,181Whelan11,36327,171
    #3,182Yan11,35427,193
    #3,183McNeely11,35027,202
    #3,184Corrales11,34827,207
    #3,185Murrell11,34727,209
    #3,186Brownlee11,34427,217

    Who is named Lindquist

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

    94% of people named Lindquist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lindquists

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Susan Lindquist
      American geneticist, molecular biologist, and university teacher (1949–2016)
    • Barbara Lindquist
      American triathlete, born 1969

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lindquist

    Lindquist has the Soundex code L532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L532.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lindquist come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Lindqvist.
    How common is the surname Lindquist?
    11,337 people in the United States had the surname Lindquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,233 Americans. It ranked 3,189th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lindquist?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lindquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Lindquist?
    Susan Lindquist, American geneticist, molecular biologist, and university teacher (1949–2016), followed by Barbara Lindquist.
    Where is the surname Lindquist most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lindquist in the United States.
    Is the surname Lindquist getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,229 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,337 in 2010, up 1.0%.