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The surname Quirin

A French surname, carried by 604 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Q650

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quirin is more common than 77.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

From the German and French surname, from Medieval Latin Quirinus. Compare Queer and Kerin.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 604 people named Quirin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 511,168 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 623.

#36,970
rank among US surnames
604
people in 2010
0.2
per 100,000 Americans
-3%
change since 2000 (was #34,399)

Who is named Quirin

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

90% of people named Quirin identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 90%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.8%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Quirin

Quirin has the Soundex code Q650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q650.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Quirin come from?
From the German and French surname, from Medieval Latin Quirinus. Compare Queer and Kerin.
How common is the surname Quirin?
604 people in the United States had the surname Quirin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 511,168 Americans. It ranked 36,970th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Quirin?
In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Quirin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Quirin getting more or less common?
Less common. 623 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 604 in 2010, down 3.0%.