Quist Family History
Quist Name Meaning
Swedish: ornamental name from Swedish quist, an old or
ornamental spelling of kvist ‘twig’. When surnames were adopted
on a large scale in the 19th century in Sweden, this was one of the
elements that were widely used in combination with other words
denoting natural features to form surnames such as Lindqvist
and Blomqvist.Danish: nickname for a thin man, from
kvist ‘twig’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Quist Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Quist families
 36 - 70  13 - 35 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Quist families
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8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Quist Family Origin
Quist Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Quist
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Quist Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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