Thornquist
(Redirected from Thornqvist)
English
editEtymology
editFrom Swedish Thörnqvist, an ornamental surname from a variant of torn (“thorn”) + kvist (“twig”).
Proper noun
editThornquist (plural Thornquists)
- A surname from Swedish.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Thornquist is the 79338th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 240 individuals. Thornquist is most common among White (91.67%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thornquist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears