title: Ekblad
text: # Ekblad
  
  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:
  
  * 1. Skåne County (1:3,183)
  * 2. Örebro County (1:3,521)
  * 3. Jönköping County (1:3,698)
  * 4. Kalmar County (1:4,075)
  * 5. Kronoberg County (1:4,557)
  * 6. 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:
  
  * 1. Ostrobothnia (1:3,778)
  * 2. Southwest Finland (1:7,089)
  * 3. Åland (1:10,764)
  * 4. Central Finland (1:11,158)
  * 5. 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
  