Quental Surname

55,318th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Quental Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quental Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola7,2961:3,699549
Portugal1,1421:9,123805
Brazil4671:458,40317,380
United States2101:1,725,995114,113
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
England171:3,277,533109,658
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
India51:153,413,076951,030
France41:16,605,680368,153
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Macau31:200,543803
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Quental (18) may also be a first name.

Quental Last Name Facts

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

The last name Quental is carried by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Quental? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 55,318th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 793,418 people. Quental is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Quental are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Quental is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 18 people.

Quental is most commonly used in Angola, where it is carried by 7,296 people, or 1 in 3,699. Not including Angola it occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 12 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Quental Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Quental has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Quental surname rose 3,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Quental Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Quental last name are 40.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 93.48% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Quental earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.63% less than the national average, earning R 53,160 per year; in United States they earn 4.01% more than the national average, earning $44,879 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.22% more than the national average, earning $51,284 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quiental934/
Quaental931/
Quentale931/
Quintal8617,349/
Guental8616/
Quntall860/
Quintale80178/
Quintall8038/
Guenttal801/
Quintail801/
Kental7752/
Cental7719/
Qintal774/
Quintol7144/
Chental7110/
Kentale718/
Guintal716/
Kenthal713/
Quimtal712/
Cwental711/
Kentall711/
Centtal711/
Quintoil673/
Qntol671/
Quinteil671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Quental
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