How common is the surname Qualls?

11,958 people in the United States had the surname Qualls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,819 Americans. It ranked 2,999th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Qualls most common?

Wikidata records people named Qualls in the United States.

Is the surname Qualls getting more or less common?

More common. 11,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,958 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Qualls

A surname, carried by 11,958 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Q420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Qualls is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

Variant of Quarles.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,958 people named Qualls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,819 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,222.

#2,999

rank among US surnames

11,958

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,948)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,990	Herr	11,980	25,772
#2,991	Falk	11,979	25,774
#2,992	Beverly	11,978	25,776
#2,993	Wylie	11,975	25,783
#2,994	Fallon	11,974	25,785
#2,995	Billingsley	11,973	25,787
#2,996	Stack	11,967	25,800

Who is named Qualls

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

73% of people named Qualls identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Quallss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

DJ Qualls
American actor, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Qualls

Quiles

Qualls has the Soundex code Q420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q420.

Questions

Where does the surname Qualls come from?: Variant of Quarles.
How common is the surname Qualls?: 11,958 people in the United States had the surname Qualls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,819 Americans. It ranked 2,999th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Qualls?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Qualls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Qualls?: DJ Qualls, American actor.
Where is the surname Qualls most common?: Wikidata records people named Qualls in the United States.
Is the surname Qualls getting more or less common?: More common. 11,222 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,958 in 2010, up 6.6%.