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    The surname Tornquist

    A Swedish surname, carried by 549 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex T652

    Tornquist: #39,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Tornquist #39,960, 549 people Tornquist: #39,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Tornquist #39,960, 549 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tornquist is more common than 75.4% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Variant of Swedish Törnqvist, an ornamental surname from torn (“thorn; tower”) 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 549 people named Tornquist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 521.

    #39,960
    rank among US surnames
    549
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #39,678)

    Who is named Tornquist

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

    94% of people named Tornquist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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

    Surnames that sound like Tornquist

    Tornquist has the Soundex code T652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T652.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Tornquist come from?
    Variant of Swedish Törnqvist, an ornamental surname from torn (“thorn; tower”) and kvist (“twig”).
    How common is the surname Tornquist?
    549 people in the United States had the surname Tornquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 562,378 Americans. It ranked 39,960th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tornquist?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Tornquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tornquist getting more or less common?
    More common. 521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 549 in 2010, up 5.4%.