How common is the surname Quillen?

5,989 people in the United States had the surname Quillen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,552 Americans. It ranked 5,783rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Quillen?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Quillen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Quillen?

Daniel Quillen, American mathematician (1940–2011), followed by Jimmy Quillen.

Where is the surname Quillen most common?

Wikidata records people named Quillen in the United States.

Is the surname Quillen getting more or less common?

More common. 5,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,989 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Quillen

A surname, carried by 5,989 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Q450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quillen is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,989 people named Quillen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,552 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,627.

#5,783

rank among US surnames

5,989

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,656)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,780	Durst	5,995	51,501
#5,781	Vansickle	5,994	51,509
#5,782	Tankersley	5,990	51,543
#5,783	Bedell	5,989	51,552
#5,786	Maxfield	5,987	51,569

Who is named Quillen

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

90% of people named Quillen identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Quillens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel Quillen
American mathematician (1940–2011)
Jimmy Quillen
American politician (1916-2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Quillen

Quillin

Quillen has the Soundex code Q450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q450.

Questions

How common is the surname Quillen?: 5,989 people in the United States had the surname Quillen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,552 Americans. It ranked 5,783rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Quillen?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Quillen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Quillen?: Daniel Quillen, American mathematician (1940–2011), followed by Jimmy Quillen.
Where is the surname Quillen most common?: Wikidata records people named Quillen in the United States.
Is the surname Quillen getting more or less common?: More common. 5,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,989 in 2010, up 6.4%.