How common is the surname Quine?

444 people in the United States had the surname Quine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 695,373 Americans. It ranked 47,706th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Quine?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Quine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Quine?

Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and logician (1900–2000), followed by Richard Quine.

Where is the surname Quine most common?

Wikidata records people named Quine in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Quine getting more or less common?

Less common. 504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 444 in 2010, down 12%.

The surname Quine

A Manx surname, carried by 444 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). Quine is more common than 70.6% of them.

Origin

Manx origin

From Manx Quine.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 444 people named Quine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 695,373 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 504.

#47,706

rank among US surnames

444

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

-11.9%

change since 2000 (was #40,833)

Who is named Quine

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

85% of people named Quine identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Quines

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician (1900–2000)
Richard Quine
American actor and director (1920-1989)
Robert Quine
American guitarist (1942–2004)
Fred Quine
Australian field hockey player, born 1941
Dan Auerbach
American musician, born 1979

Notable Quines come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Quine

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

Questions

Where does the surname Quine come from?: From Manx Quine.
How common is the surname Quine?: 444 people in the United States had the surname Quine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 695,373 Americans. It ranked 47,706th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Quine?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Quine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Quine?: Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and logician (1900–2000), followed by Richard Quine.
Where is the surname Quine most common?: Wikidata records people named Quine in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Quine getting more or less common?: Less common. 504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 444 in 2010, down 12%.