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    The surname Rundquist

    A Swedish surname, carried by 821 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R532

    Rundquist: #28,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Rundquist #28,940, 821 people Rundquist: #28,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Rundquist #28,940, 821 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rundquist is more common than 82.2% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Americanized form of Swedish Rundqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements rund (“round”) 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 821 people named Rundquist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 376,060 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 819.

    #28,940
    rank among US surnames
    821
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #27,669)

    Who is named Rundquist

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

    96% of people named Rundquist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Rundkvist
    • Rundqvist

    Rundquist has the Soundex code R532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R532.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Rundquist come from?
    Americanized form of Swedish Rundqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements rund (“round”) and kvist (“twig”).
    How common is the surname Rundquist?
    821 people in the United States had the surname Rundquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 376,060 Americans. It ranked 28,940th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rundquist?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Rundquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Rundquist getting more or less common?
    More common. 819 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 821 in 2010, up 0.2%.
    What are other spellings of Rundquist?
    Rundkvist and Rundqvist.