Tornquist

English

Etymology

Variant of Swedish Törnqvist, an ornamental surname from torn (“thorn; tower”) and kvist (“twig”).

Proper noun

Tornquist (plural Tornquists)

1. A surname from Swedish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tornquist is the 39960^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 549 individuals. Tornquist is most common among White (93.99%) individuals.

Further reading

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