The surname Nordquist
A Swedish surname, carried by 2,172 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N632
Origin
Swedish origin
From Swedish Nordquist, spelling variant of Nordqvist, from nord + kvist, literally, “northern 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 2,172 people named Nordquist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,087.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13,903 | Montesinos | 2,172 | 142,148 |
| #13,911 | Forcier | 2,171 | 142,214 |
Who is named Nordquist
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Nordquist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Nordquist
Nordquist has the Soundex code N632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N632.
Other Swedish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Nordquist come from?
- From Swedish Nordquist, spelling variant of Nordqvist, from nord + kvist, literally, “northern twig”.
- How common is the surname Nordquist?
- 2,172 people in the United States had the surname Nordquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,148 Americans. It ranked 13,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Nordquist?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nordquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Nordquist getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,172 in 2010, up 4.1%.