Tornquist
English edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Swedish Törnqvist, an ornamental surname from torn (“thorn; tower”) and kvist (“twig”).
Proper noun edit
Tornquist (plural Tornquists)
- A surname from Swedish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tornquist is the 39960th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 549 individuals. Tornquist is most common among White (93.99%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tornquist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.