Ekblad is a Swedish language surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 59.8% of all known bearers of the surname Ekblad were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:7,028), 25.2% of the United States (1:612,290), 10.6% of Finland (1:22,164), 1.6% of Norway (1:135,325) and 1.2% of Canada (1:1,268,897).
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:7,028) in the following counties: Skåne County (1:3,183) Örebro County (1:3,521) Jönköping County (1:3,698) Kalmar County (1:4,075) Kronoberg County (1:4,557) Västra Götaland County (1:6,561)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:22,164) in the following regions:Ekblad surname distribution Ostrobothnia (1:3,778) Southwest Finland (1:7,089) Åland (1:10,764) Central Finland (1:11,158) Uusimaa (1:16,668)
People Aaron Ekblad (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player Nils-Eric Ekblad (1904–1978), Swedish diplomat Stina Ekblad (born 1954), Finnish actress
See also Ekblad Glacier, Antarctica
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