# Quin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/quin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,462 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,757 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 211,180 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.3% (1,375 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* Irish: variant of Quinn, from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”). * English (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French quin (“monkey”). * French: from a short form of Jaquin, pet form of Jacques, from Latin Iācōbus (English Jacob).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Quin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.7% |

## Similar surnames

Quinn, Queen, Quan, Qian, Qin, Quinney, Quon, Quine, Quam.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.