Queen Surname

9,612th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58,738 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Queen Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the Queen'; compare King, &c. (2) Bapt. A variant in America of Quinn; compare McQueen for McQuinn. In the Philadelphia Directory I find seven McQueens and two McQuinns. With (a) this dictionary has nothing to do.

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Queen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States24,9111:14,5501,821
Egypt15,7421:5,840731
Myanmar4,2131:12,328316
Ghana2,7021:10,0001,345
Bangladesh2,4331:65,4983,262
Scotland1,2141:4,410765
England1,1401:48,8756,097
Morocco7841:43,9757,155
Nigeria6841:258,98114,897
Uganda5481:71,2407,875
Kenya5421:85,2037,776
Canada4811:76,6028,623
India3501:2,191,61573,075
Indonesia3341:395,95633,634
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Botswana2431:9,0001,624
Cameroon1841:112,87513,089
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Philippines1171:865,28479,885
Singapore1071:51,4741,981
Iran1021:752,77038,519
China931:14,702,382862
Malaysia911:324,11217,512
South Africa911:595,35945,471
Australia731:369,80430,692
Pakistan691:2,589,04222,337
Mexico601:2,068,77019,099
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Netherlands451:375,27140,838
Iraq421:833,84911,429
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Rwanda361:315,6941,449
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Ireland271:174,4057,679
Sudan251:1,500,4083,610
Wales251:123,7819,267
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
France231:2,887,944200,772
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Tanzania201:2,647,08148,780
Vietnam201:4,632,3032,388
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Oman181:204,8873,723
Burundi161:612,803644
Cyprus161:55,3055,325
Liberia161:275,53316,331
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Hong Kong151:489,0323,321
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Lebanon121:469,75712,312
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Austria111:774,13064,097
Chile111:1,601,49826,155
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Fiji91:99,3771,883
Libya91:693,7751,982
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
South Korea91:5,693,362993
American Samoa81:6,9701,431
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Honduras81:1,102,0554,829
Trinidad and Tobago81:170,4978,814
Tunisia81:76,32812,820
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Namibia71:344,20010,409
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Syria51:3,860,20411,832
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41:28,1651,050
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Bahamas31:130,5841,472
Barbados31:95,8161,797
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Macau11:601,6301,582
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malta11:430,2723,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
San Marino11:33,214932
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland251:177,1958,871
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,0061:3,721608
England2331:104,61510,443
Jersey121:4,324761
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,1511:15,9372,032

Queen (194,438) may also be a first name.

Queen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the Queen'; compare King, &c. (2) Bapt. A variant in America of Quinn; compare McQueen for McQuinn. In the Philadelphia Directory I find seven McQueens and two McQuinns. With (a) this dictionary has nothing to do. The following references relate to (1), the nickname.

Matilda le Quen, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Simon Quene, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Alicia Qwene, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Richard Qwene, or Quene, 1511: Register of the University of Oxford.

The following entries are interesting: Johannes Queneson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Alicia Queneson, 1379: ibid.

This is good evidence that Queen was a nickname for one who acted as Queen of the May, &c. The sobriquet stuck and became the surname. Kingson arose in a similar way, only that survives and Queenson is gone.

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

(English) a nickname and festival-name [Old English cwén, queen; wife] (Celtic) an abbrev. of Mac Queen, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Mac Shuibhne The name of a Scottish clan; fairly numerous in Ulster

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who played the part of the queen in a play or pageant; one connected in some way with the queen's household.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The Gaelic Mac Queen, sans Mac.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From MacQueen or MacQuin; Irish O'Quin, O'Quinn, i. q. O'Cuinn, O'Coin, O'Coyne. These names may come from the Irish cuinn, genitive of conn, wisdom or sense; or from con, genitive of cu, a hound, figuratively applied to a warrior, whence the name Conn or Con. Hence the names Coyne, Coin, Quin, Quinn, Quiney, Quinney.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Queen Last Name Facts

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

Queen (Marathi: क़ुन, Oriya: କୁଇନ) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Queen.

How Common Is The Last Name Queen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 9,612th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 124,069 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Queen reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 42 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 5,389th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 194,438 people.

The surname Queen is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 24,911 people, or 1 in 14,550. In The United States Queen is mostly found in: Maryland, where 14 percent live, North Carolina, where 12 percent live and Georgia, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this surname exists in 148 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 27 percent live and Myanmar, where 7 percent live.

Queen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Queen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Queen surname grew 791 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 121 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 489 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 108 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Queen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (64%) in Ireland, Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Queen surname are 16.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.47% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Queen earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 11.45% more than the national average, earning R 264,852 per year; in United States they earn 7.4% less than the national average, earning $39,958 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.25% more than the national average, earning $51,797 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Queenn917/
Quween914/
Queeng911/
Queehn911/
Cqueen911/
Quen893,005/
Qeen8933/
Quehent838/
Ncqueen832/
Quehene831/
Quehend831/
Quien80399/
Queem80351/
Qween80344/
Quent80315/
Queng8096/
Quenn8016/
Quenk808/
Gueen806/
Quuen806/
Quehn805/
Quwen803/
Quhen801/
Qehen801/
Hqeen801/
Quesn800/
Qouen800/
Quoen800/
Qun75934/
Qen7512/
Quendt73250/
Guheen7332/
Quchen7317/
Quenne735/
Guehen732/
Quwien731/
Gquenn731/
Quenng731/
Quienn731/
Hqeemn731/
Quesnn730/
Keen6747,608/
Quin679,842/
Cuen674,761/
Kuen673,431/
Quengue672,763/
Quyn672,415/
Guen672,351/
Quem67545/
Ceen6779/
Qaen6739/
Qeem6737/
Qwen6727/
Qunn6721/
Qumn6719/
Quenque6719/
Quhn679/
Qung677/
Qien676/
Qune675/
Quemque674/
Qoen673/
Qund673/
Qenn672/
Qunt672/
Quén672/
Nqun672/
Qent672/
Qenq672/
Quÿn671/
Cqen671/
Qehn671/
Qusn671/
Qunq671/
Quắn671/
Quèn671/
Kqen671/
Qeng671/
Qunh671/
Gqen671/
Quwn670/
Gouheen670/
Qunk670/

Queen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Queen in the Marathi language
क़ुनquna-
Queen in the Oriya language
କୁଇନku'ina52
କୁଇନ୍ku'in44
ୁଇନu'ina4

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