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    The surname Que

    A Chinese surname, carried by 681 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Q000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Que is more common than 79.4% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Borrowed both from Hokkien 郭 (Keh) and Catalan Qué. Doublet of Quek, Guo, and Kwok.

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 681 people named Que in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 453,371 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 429.

    #33,499
    rank among US surnames
    681
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +58.7%
    change since 2000 (was #46,678)

    Who is named Que

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

    73% of people named Que identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 73%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Que

    Que has the Soundex code Q000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q000.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Que come from?
    Borrowed both from Hokkien 郭 (Keh) and Catalan Qué. Doublet of Quek, Guo, and Kwok.
    How common is the surname Que?
    681 people in the United States had the surname Que in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 453,371 Americans. It ranked 33,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Que?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Que identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Que getting more or less common?
    More common. 429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 681 in 2010, up 59%.