Sandquist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Sandqvist, from sand (“sand”) + kvist (“twig”).

Proper noun

Sandquist (plural Sandquists)

1. A surname from Swedish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sandquist is the 19590^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1377 individuals. Sandquist is most common among White (95.93%) individuals.

Further reading

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