How common is the surname Queen?

18,557 people in the United States had the surname Queen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,638 Americans. It ranked 1,945th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Queen?

Carol Queen, American author, editor, sociologist and sexologist, followed by Derik Queen.

Where is the surname Queen most common?

Wikidata records people named Queen in the United States.

Is the surname Queen getting more or less common?

More common. 17,881 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,557 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Queen

A nickname surname, carried by 18,557 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex Q500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Queen is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname transferred from the nickname, originating as a nickname.

Queen is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,557 people named Queen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,638 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,881.

#1,945

rank among US surnames

18,557

people in 2010

6.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,847)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,936	Waite	18,664	16,542
#1,937	Beyer	18,641	16,563
#1,938	Desai	18,638	16,565
#1,939	Banuelos	18,636	16,567
#1,940	Spangler	18,622	16,580
#1,941	Mondragon	18,620	16,581
#1,942	Fair	18,609	16,591

Who is named Queen

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

75% of people named Queen identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Queens

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carol Queen
American author, editor, sociologist and sexologist, born 1957
Derik Queen
American basketball player (born 2004)
Alvin Queen
American drummer, born 1950
Queen Ida
American zydeco musician, born 1929
Christine Quinn
American politician and executive, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Queen

Queen has the Soundex code Q500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q500.

Questions

How common is the surname Queen?: 18,557 people in the United States had the surname Queen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,638 Americans. It ranked 1,945th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Queen?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Queen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Queen?: Carol Queen, American author, editor, sociologist and sexologist, followed by Derik Queen.
Where is the surname Queen most common?: Wikidata records people named Queen in the United States.
What type of surname is Queen?: Queen is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Queen getting more or less common?: More common. 17,881 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,557 in 2010, up 3.8%.