Dahlquist History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany
Norway

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

Citations +

"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