Palmquist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Palmquist, from palm (“palm tree”) + kvist (“twig”).

Proper noun

Palmquist (plural Palmquists)

1. A surname from Swedish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Palmquist is the 13578^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2233 individuals. Palmquist is most common among White (95.21%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Swedish

Proper noun

Palmquist ? (genitive Palmquists)

1. a surname