The surname Palmquist
A Swedish surname, carried by 2,233 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P452
Origin
Swedish origin
Borrowed from Swedish Palmquist, from palm (“palm tree”) + 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 2,233 people named Palmquist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,265 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,211.
Who is named Palmquist
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Palmquist identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Palmquist
Palmquist has the Soundex code P452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P452.
Other Swedish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Palmquist come from?
- Borrowed from Swedish Palmquist, from palm (“palm tree”) + kvist (“twig”).
- How common is the surname Palmquist?
- 2,233 people in the United States had the surname Palmquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,265 Americans. It ranked 13,578th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Palmquist?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Palmquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Palmquist getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,233 in 2010, up 1.0%.