Queen Surname
Approximately 58,738 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameQueen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24,911 | 1:14,550 | 1,821 |
| Egypt | 15,742 | 1:5,840 | 731 |
| Myanmar | 4,213 | 1:12,328 | 316 |
| Ghana | 2,702 | 1:10,000 | 1,345 |
| Bangladesh | 2,433 | 1:65,498 | 3,262 |
| Scotland | 1,214 | 1:4,410 | 765 |
| England | 1,140 | 1:48,875 | 6,097 |
| Morocco | 784 | 1:43,975 | 7,155 |
| Nigeria | 684 | 1:258,981 | 14,897 |
| Uganda | 548 | 1:71,240 | 7,875 |
| Kenya | 542 | 1:85,203 | 7,776 |
| Canada | 481 | 1:76,602 | 8,623 |
| India | 350 | 1:2,191,615 | 73,075 |
| Indonesia | 334 | 1:395,956 | 33,634 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Botswana | 243 | 1:9,000 | 1,624 |
| Cameroon | 184 | 1:112,875 | 13,089 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Philippines | 117 | 1:865,284 | 79,885 |
| Singapore | 107 | 1:51,474 | 1,981 |
| Iran | 102 | 1:752,770 | 38,519 |
| China | 93 | 1:14,702,382 | 862 |
| Malaysia | 91 | 1:324,112 | 17,512 |
| South Africa | 91 | 1:595,359 | 45,471 |
| Australia | 73 | 1:369,804 | 30,692 |
| Pakistan | 69 | 1:2,589,042 | 22,337 |
| Mexico | 60 | 1:2,068,770 | 19,099 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Netherlands | 45 | 1:375,271 | 40,838 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Rwanda | 36 | 1:315,694 | 1,449 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| Ireland | 27 | 1:174,405 | 7,679 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:123,781 | 9,267 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Vietnam | 20 | 1:4,632,303 | 2,388 |
| Italy | 18 | 1:3,397,594 | 101,426 |
| Oman | 18 | 1:204,887 | 3,723 |
| Burundi | 16 | 1:612,803 | 644 |
| Cyprus | 16 | 1:55,305 | 5,325 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Hong Kong | 15 | 1:489,032 | 3,321 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| South Korea | 9 | 1:5,693,362 | 993 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 1:597,509 | 4,667 |
| Honduras | 8 | 1:1,102,055 | 4,829 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Namibia | 7 | 1:344,200 | 10,409 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 1:28,165 | 1,050 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Bahamas | 3 | 1:130,584 | 1,472 |
| Barbados | 3 | 1:95,816 | 1,797 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 25 | 1:177,195 | 8,871 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,006 | 1:3,721 | 608 |
| England | 233 | 1:104,615 | 10,443 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:4,324 | 761 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,151 | 1:15,937 | 2,032 |
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.
(English) a nickname and festival-name [Old English cwén, queen; wife] (Celtic) an abbrev. of Mac Queen, q.v.
Mac Shuibhne The name of a Scottish clan; fairly numerous in Ulster
(English) One who played the part of the queen in a play or pageant; one connected in some way with the queen's household.
The Gaelic Mac Queen, sans Mac.
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.
Queen Demographics
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queenn | 91 | 7 | / |
| Quween | 91 | 4 | / |
| Queeng | 91 | 1 | / |
| Queehn | 91 | 1 | / |
| Cqueen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Quen | 89 | 3,005 | / |
| Qeen | 89 | 33 | / |
| Quehent | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ncqueen | 83 | 2 | / |
| Quehene | 83 | 1 | / |
| Quehend | 83 | 1 | / |
| Quien | 80 | 399 | / |
| Queem | 80 | 351 | / |
| Qween | 80 | 344 | / |
| Quent | 80 | 315 | / |
| Queng | 80 | 96 | / |
| Quenn | 80 | 16 | / |
| Quenk | 80 | 8 | / |
| Gueen | 80 | 6 | / |
| Quuen | 80 | 6 | / |
| Quehn | 80 | 5 | / |
| Quwen | 80 | 3 | / |
| Quhen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Qehen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hqeen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Quesn | 80 | 0 | / |
| Qouen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Quoen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Qun | 75 | 934 | / |
| Qen | 75 | 12 | / |
| Quendt | 73 | 250 | / |
| Guheen | 73 | 32 | / |
| Quchen | 73 | 17 | / |
| Quenne | 73 | 5 | / |
| Guehen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Quwien | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gquenn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Quenng | 73 | 1 | / |
| Quienn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hqeemn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Quesnn | 73 | 0 | / |
| Keen | 67 | 47,608 | / |
| Quin | 67 | 9,842 | / |
| Cuen | 67 | 4,761 | / |
| Kuen | 67 | 3,431 | / |
| Quengue | 67 | 2,763 | / |
| Quyn | 67 | 2,415 | / |
| Guen | 67 | 2,351 | / |
| Quem | 67 | 545 | / |
| Ceen | 67 | 79 | / |
| Qaen | 67 | 39 | / |
| Qeem | 67 | 37 | / |
| Qwen | 67 | 27 | / |
| Qunn | 67 | 21 | / |
| Qumn | 67 | 19 | / |
| Quenque | 67 | 19 | / |
| Quhn | 67 | 9 | / |
| Qung | 67 | 7 | / |
| Qien | 67 | 6 | / |
| Qune | 67 | 5 | / |
| Quemque | 67 | 4 | / |
| Qoen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Qund | 67 | 3 | / |
| Qenn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qunt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Quén | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nqun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qent | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qenq | 67 | 2 | / |
| Quÿn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cqen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qehn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qusn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qunq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quắn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quèn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kqen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qunh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gqen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Quwn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gouheen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Qunk | 67 | 0 | / |
Queen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Queen in the Marathi language | ||
| क़ुन | quna | - |
| Queen in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁଇନ | ku'ina | 52 |
| କୁଇନ୍ | ku'in | 44 |
| ୁଇନ | u'ina | 4 |
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