Quaintence Surname

14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1 people bear this surname

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

Quaintence 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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Quaintence Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Quaintence 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

Quaintence Last Name Facts

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

The last name Quaintence has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Quaintence.

How Common Is The Last Name Quaintence? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 14,316,765th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Quaintence live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 362,458,933. In The United States Quaintence is most numerous in: Utah, where 100 percent reside.

Quaintence Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Quaintence has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Quaintence surname declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quaintnce950/
Quantence950/
Quantens7819/
Cantence781/
Kantenge6740/
Kantenje671/
Quantincy631/
Kantenger630/
Cantens59148/
Kantengi561/
Kamtenze561/
Countenss532/
Cantienza531/

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