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The surname McQuillen

A surname, carried by 2,035 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M245

McQuillen: #14,624 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McQuillen #14,624, 2,035 people McQuillen: #14,624 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McQuillen #14,624, 2,035 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McQuillen is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

Variant of McQuillan.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,035 people named McQuillen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,718 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,932.

#14,624
rank among US surnames
2,035
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+5.3%
change since 2000 (was #14,247)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,617Maza2,036151,643
#14,624McQuillen2,035151,718
#14,631Lyda2,034151,792

Who is named McQuillen

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named McQuillen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Two or more races 1.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McQuillen

McQuillen has the Soundex code M245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M245.

Questions

Where does the surname McQuillen come from?
Variant of McQuillan.
How common is the surname McQuillen?
2,035 people in the United States had the surname McQuillen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,718 Americans. It ranked 14,624th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McQuillen?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McQuillen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
Is the surname McQuillen getting more or less common?
More common. 1,932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,035 in 2010, up 5.3%.