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    The surname Quin

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,462 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Q500

    Quin: #18,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Quin #18,757, 1,462 people Quin: #18,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Quin #18,757, 1,462 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quin is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    * 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).

    Quin 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 1,462 people named Quin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,375.

    #18,757
    rank among US surnames
    1,462
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,520)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,751Jansson1,463211,036
    #18,757Wilker1,462211,180
    #18,766Graddy1,461211,325

    Who is named Quin

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

    68% of people named Quin identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Quin

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Quin come from?
    * 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).
    How common is the surname Quin?
    1,462 people in the United States had the surname Quin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,180 Americans. It ranked 18,757th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Quin?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Quin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Quin?
    Quin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Quin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,462 in 2010, up 6.3%.