The surname Quill
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,511 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex Q400
Origin
Irish origin
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuill (“descendant of Coll”), a byname from coll (“hazel tree”).
Quill is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,511 people named Quill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,332 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,404.
Who is named Quill
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Quill identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 85%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Quill
Quill has the Soundex code Q400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q400.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Quill come from?
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuill (“descendant of Coll”), a byname from coll (“hazel tree”).
- How common is the surname Quill?
- 1,511 people in the United States had the surname Quill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,332 Americans. It ranked 18,337th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Quill?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Quill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Quill?
- Quill is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Quill getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,404 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,511 in 2010, up 7.6%.