Ahlquist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Ahlqvist, from al (“alder”) + kvist (“twig”).

Proper noun

Ahlquist (plural Ahlquists)

1. A surname from Swedish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ahlquist is the 22113^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1170 individuals. Ahlquist is most common among White (97.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ahlquist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14.