# Quist (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/quist/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,433 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,473 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 89,935 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.3% (3,230 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Quist 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Quist in Australia.

## People named Quist

- Adrian Quist, Australian tennis player (1913–1991)

## Similar surnames

Quast, Quezada, Quesada, Quijada.

## 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.