| ![Show Contents]() Bergquist History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of BergquistWhat does the name Bergquist mean? The name Bergquist is a proud symbol of an ancient Jewish culture that began at least 3,000 years ago with the patriarch Abraham. In the biblical period no ancient civilizations used surnames. After the Jewish nations of Israel and Judah were taken over by other cultures, Jews began to assume the personal names and the languages of the ruling cultures with a greater degree of frequency. The word German word "berg" means 'hill'. One derivation for the name Bergquist is for "one coming from Berg (hilly place)," and, therefore, can be considered a place name. For some families, however, particularly those of a Galician heritage, it was a patronymic name, as the male, Hebrew, derived from the given name of Barukh (which over the years evolved into the form Berger). Bergquist Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Berger, Berg, Bergman and more. and others. Bergquist Rankingthe United States, the name Bergquist is the 8,593rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
| Bergquist migration to the United States | + |
Bergquist Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Oluf Bergquist, aged 29, who arrived in New York, NY in 1869 2
- John Bergquist, who landed in Mississippi in 1874 2
| Bergquist migration to Canada | + |
Bergquist Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century- Mr. Gideon Bergquist, American settler who sailed aboard the ship "Stavangerfjord" arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1951
| Contemporary Notables of the name Bergquist (post 1700) | + |
- Mrs. N. T. Bergquist, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1960 3
- Kenneth G. Bergquist, American politician, U.S. Attorney for Idaho, 1959-61 4
- Harold J. Bergquist, American Democratic Party politician, Democratic-Farmer-Labor Candidate for U.S. Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1980 4
- Dame Patricia Rose Bergquist DBE, FRSNZ (1933-2009), widely-known New Zealand expert on anatomy and taxonomy
- "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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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