# Quinn (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 76,986 |
| US rank (2010) | 422 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,010 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (74,531 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /kwɪn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The surname is borrowed from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Quinn 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Quinn in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Austria and Italy.

## People named Quinn

- Aidan Quinn, American actor
- Molly Quinn, American actress
- Joseph Quinn, British actor
- Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer-actor
- Julia Quinn, American novelist (born 1970)
- Helen Quinn, Australian physicist
- Aileen Quinn, American actress, singer and dancer
- Daniel Quinn, American writer (1935-2018)
- Ed Quinn, American actor
- James Quinn, American athlete (1906-2004)
- Colin Quinn, American comedian and actor
- Zoë Quinn, American video game developer

and 28 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Quan, Qin, Quin, Quinney, Quon, Quine, Queen, Qian, 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.