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The O'QUINN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 5,205 6078 0.002 19
United States (1880 census) 56 46460 0 1
Change since 1880 +5149 +40382 +N/A +18
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 1 35724 0 0
Top States for O'QUINN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 662 3668 0.003 32
Virginia 583 1724 0.008 82
Florida 514 4264 0.003 32
Georgia 494 2211 0.006 60
South Carolina 413 1702 0.010 103
Top States for O'QUINN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
South Carolina 413 1702 0.010 103
Louisiana 409 1667 0.009 92
Mississippi 250 1744 0.009 88
Virginia 583 1724 0.008 82
Georgia 494 2211 0.006 60

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called O'QUINN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called O'QUINN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called O'QUINN in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a O'QUINN by picking someone at random in South Carolina than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of O'QUINN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the O'QUINN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the O'QUINN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of O'QUINN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 556 10.68
White (Hispanic) 79 1.52
Mixed Race 62 1.19
Native American/Alaskan 19 0.37
Asian/Pacific 14 0.27
White (Caucasian) 4,475 85.98

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the O'QUINN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of O'QUINN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of O'QUINN.

Similar names to O'QUINN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as O'QUINN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for O'QUINN

The following words are slight variants of O'QUINN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.