Quested Surname
Approximately 724 people bear this surname
Quested Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Quested.' I cannot find the spot. The suffix seems to be -stead, as in Playsted, Hampstead, &c.
1622. Mark Quested and Elizabeth Halsall, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).
1692.
Read More About This SurnameQuested Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 359 | 1:155,204 | 14,705 |
| New Zealand | 121 | 1:37,424 | 6,365 |
| United States | 96 | 1:3,775,614 | 208,022 |
| Australia | 94 | 1:287,188 | 25,495 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 188 | 1:129,656 | 12,048 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Quested Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Quested.' I cannot find the spot. The suffix seems to be -stead, as in Playsted, Hampstead, &c.
1622. Mark Quested and Elizabeth Halsall, widow: Marriage Lic. (London).
1692. Baptised — John, s. Samuel Quested: St. John Baptist on Wallbrook.
A Kentish surname, apparently contains, as second element, the Middle English sted, Old English stede, a place; but without sufficiently early forms nothing definite can be said as to the etymology of the first element, which may perh. be the East. Dialectal English queach, a thicket.
Place name in England. Compare Hampstead.
From Quenstadt; a from the German, a location and personal name.
In the past century, the Questeds held Elverden manor and Battle Hall, in Leeds parish (Kent); and in the time of Charles I. Mr. Mark Quested, of the Company of Fishmongers of London, owned the manor of Pen Court, Hollinghorne (H.).
Quested Demographics
Quested Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Quested Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Quested Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Quested is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Quested? popularity and diffusion
It is the 465,182nd most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 10,065,671 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 52 percent of Quested are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 359 people, or 1 in 155,204. In England it is most numerous in: Kent, where 39 percent are found, Greater London, where 15 percent are found and Essex, where 10 percent are found. Apart from England this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.
Quested Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Quested has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Quested last name increased 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 417 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 333 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 300 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Quested Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Methodist (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Quested surname are 41.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 88.24% registered with the political party.
The amount Quested earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.01% less than the national average, earning R 83,160 per year; in United States they earn 10.93% more than the national average, earning $47,867 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.13% less than the national average, earning $43,160 CAD per year.
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Quested Reference & Research
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