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    The surname Winquist

    A Swedish surname, carried by 521 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W522

    Winquist: #41,728 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Winquist #41,728, 521 people Winquist: #41,728 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Winquist #41,728, 521 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Winquist is more common than 74.3% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Winqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements vin (“vine; wine”) + 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 521 people named Winquist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 592,602 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 436.

    #41,728
    rank among US surnames
    521
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.5%
    change since 2000 (was #46,083)

    Who is named Winquist

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

    93% of people named Winquist identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Winquist come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Winqvist, an ornamental surname composed of the elements vin (“vine; wine”) + kvist (“twig”).
    How common is the surname Winquist?
    521 people in the United States had the surname Winquist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 592,602 Americans. It ranked 41,728th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Winquist?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Winquist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Winquist getting more or less common?
    More common. 436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 521 in 2010, up 20%.