Quaintance Surname

242,725th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,644 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Quaintance Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the acquaintance'; compare Friend, Neighbour, &c. This is Mr. Lower's suggestion, and I see no difficulty in accepting his view. I cannot find any English instance, although he writes of it as an English surname.

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Quaintance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4021:258,53024,440
England2111:264,06720,991
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:658,79432,071
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2131:235,76819,777

Quaintance (16) may also be a first name.

Quaintance Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the acquaintance'; compare Friend, Neighbour, &c. This is Mr. Lower's suggestion, and I see no difficulty in accepting his view. I cannot find any English instance, although he writes of it as an English surname. It has crossed the Atlantic.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

QUINTANCE: Lawrie Quintance, quarrior, was admitted burgess freeman of Glasgow, 1585, and Robert Quentance, tailor, the same, 1601 (Burgesses). William Quintence appears as a mason in Edinburgh, 1639 (Edinb. Marr.).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

An acquaintance; analogous to Friend, Neighbour, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A corruption of Quintin's.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Flemish, Quintins; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Quaintance Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Quaintance Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Quaintance is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Quaintance.

How Common Is The Last Name Quaintance? popularity and diffusion

The surname Quaintance is the 242,725th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,432,814 people. The surname Quaintance is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Quaintance live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America. Quaintance is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used forename in the world, held by 16 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,402 people, or 1 in 258,530. In The United States it is most common in: Ohio, where 13 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States Quaintance exists in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Quaintance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Quaintance has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Quaintance surname grew 658 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 570 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Quaintance Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Quaintance surname are 14.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.47% being registered with the political party.

The amount Quaintance earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.75% more than the national average, earning $47,356 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.02% more than the national average, earning $53,173 CAD per year.

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