Thornquist

English

Etymology

From Swedish Thörnqvist, an ornamental surname from a variant of torn (“thorn”) + kvist (“twig”).

Proper noun

Thornquist (plural Thornquists)

1. A surname from Swedish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thornquist is the 79338^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 240 individuals. Thornquist is most common among White (91.67%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thornquist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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