Dahlquist History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany
Norway

Etymology of Dahlquist

What does the name Dahlquist mean?

The origin of the distinguished Dahlquist family can be traced to the rugged Scandinavian country of Norway. The surname Dahlquist was given to someone who lived in a valley or among several valleys. It was originally derived from the word Old Norse word dalr, which means valley, and is a cognate of the English surname Dale.

Dahlquist Ranking

In the United States, the name Dahlquist is the 13,312^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Dahlquist migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dahlquist Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

C Dahlquist, who arrived in Mississippi in 1895 2

Dahlquist Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Nels Dahlquist, who landed in Wisconsin in 1908 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Dahlquist (post 1700) +

General John Ernest Dahlquist (1896-1975), American Chief of the Office of Army Field Forces (1953-1955) 3
William E. Dahlquist, American Republican politician, Member of Minnesota State Senate 65th District; Elected 1942; Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1952 4
Carl P. Dahlquist, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Wyoming State House of Representatives, 1950 4
Alvin Dahlquist, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1940 4

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2012, January 10) John Dahlquist. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Dahlquist/John_Ernest/USA.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html