The Lindquist surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,337 people carried this name — #3,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 11,229 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lindquist surname

From lind (“linden”) + qvist, archaic spelling of kvist (“twig”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Lindquist» (English) and «Lindqvist» (Swedish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the Nordic population registers

2,712 people named Lindquist are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 2,409
Norway (2025) 269
Finland (2026) 34

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Lindquist in American newspapers,
1912–1919.

Newspaper page from The Sisseton Weekly Standard carrying the name Lindquist
The Sisseton Weekly Standard 1919-07-25
Newspaper page from The Sisseton Weekly Standard carrying the name Lindquist
The Sisseton Weekly Standard 1912-09-13
Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Lindquist
The Indian Leader 1915-04-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,207 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lindquist in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

1,373 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lindquist. The most, 382, date from the 1930s. South Australia has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 342
New South Wales 340
Western Australia 329
Victoria 261
Queensland 62
Tasmania 25
ACT (Canberra) 12

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lindquist.

Who carried it

People named Lindquist,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lars Lindquist
    Lars Lindquist 1864–1932 · gynecologist
  • Francis O. Lindquist
    Francis O. Lindquist 1869–1924 · politician
  • Nils Lindquist
    Nils Lindquist 1899–1944 · military officer
  • Ragnar Lindquist
    Ragnar Lindquist 1906–1986 · painter
  • Roy E. Lindquist
    Roy E. Lindquist 1907–1986 · military officer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 91 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lindquist,
in the records of 7 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,393 records

1,393 records of the Lindquist name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 402
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 349
  • Other U.S. records 642
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John C. Lindquist

    Born 1918 in Oregon. Enlisted 1942 at Portland; mason from Multnomah County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maria Lindquist

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Elbe from Bremen and Southampton, aged 22; servant. From Finland, Russia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Donald C. Lindquist

    Born 1930; from Otter Tail County, Minnesota. U.S. Army, communications chief; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,393 records for Lindquist in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Norway42 records

42 records of the Lindquist name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Marie Lindquist

    Census of 1910: Schleppegrells gate, Kristiania; seamstress, born 1891 in Kristiania.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Leif Lindquist

    Census of 1910: Klokkervolden, Byneset; baker, born 1862 in Hadsel.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Martin Lindquist

    Census of 1910: !! (husmandsplads), Hadsel; fisherman, born 1876 in Gausdal, Gudbrandsdalen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 42 records for Lindquist in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia35 records

35 records of the Lindquist name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 22
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jons P. A. Lindquist

    Arrived in Queensland in 1879 aboard the Fritz Reuter, aged 29.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles W. Lindquist

    Farmer of Scotts Creek, Victoria; died 1962.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hulda Lindquist

    Arrived in Victoria in 1901 aboard the Weimar, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 35 records for Lindquist in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada21 records

21 records of the Lindquist name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • Other Canadian records 7
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Oscar Lindquist

    Buried in 1979 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 86.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Augusta A. Lindquist

    Died 1963; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Emil Avid Lindquist

    Married 1911 in Kempt, Queens, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 21 records for Lindquist in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands9 records

9 records of the Lindquist name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 5
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 4
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Bertil Oskar Anton Lindquist

    Died 1957 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 46; "machinemonteur".

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Heinrich Lindquist

    Died 1906 in Rotterdam, aged 23.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johan Thomas Lindquist

    In the population register of Velsen; "kanaalwerker", born 1828 in Bierneberg.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Lindquist in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Lindquist name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Birgit Lindquist

    Born 1925 in Sweden; died 1992 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Lindquist name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1939–1945
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Yrjö Valerian Lindquist

    Born 1908 in Helsinki; "kivenhioja". Died in 1941 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Hyvinkää.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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