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Re: Bloomquist

by Lepic

8/18/2020, 1:27 PM

in reply to a message by Somebody random

Blomquist US Frequency (2010 census): 3445
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements blom ‘flower’ + quist, an old or ornamental spelling of kvist ‘twig’.

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- Somebody random (guest) +1

8/18/2020, 2:26 PM

Thanks!

- thegriffon

9/5/2020, 7:18 AM

Someone pointed out that he Swedish government asked people to choose new surnames using elements like this relatively recently (e.g. the late 1800s) as everyone until then were simply known by patronymics and they were all too similar,

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