Quested Surname

465,182nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 724 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

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.

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Quested Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3591:155,20414,705
New Zealand1211:37,4246,365
United States961:3,775,614208,022
Australia941:287,18825,495
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1881:129,65612,048
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

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

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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in England. Compare Hampstead.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

From Quenstadt; a from the German, a location and personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

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.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Quested Last Name Facts

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

The surname Quested is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Quested? popularity and diffusion

The surname Quested is the 465,182nd most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 10,065,671 people. Quested is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Quested are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 359 people, or 1 in 155,204. In England Quested is most common in: Kent, where 39 percent live, Greater London, where 15 percent live and Essex, where 10 percent live. Besides England this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Quested Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Quested has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Quested surname expanded 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 417 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 333 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 300 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Quested Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Quested surname is chiefly Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Quested are 41.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 88.24% being registered to vote for 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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Queste92654/
Quester86767/
Questes861/
Guested860/
Kuested860/
Qwested860/
Quete83410/
Queister804/
Questhie801/
Quistead800/
Quette77496/
Quetee77438/
Quiete77145/
Quiste77119/
Quetes7753/
Questi7751/
Queteh7748/
Kested7745/
Quetey7744/
Gueste7726/
Questy7715/
Quetea776/
Queter776/
Quetez775/
Cueste775/
Queate773/
Queite772/
Questé771/
Quethe771/
Qete73179/
Quiette7157/
Queutey7132/
Quister7123/
Cuestes7119/
Coueste7119/
Queetee7115/
Goueste718/
Quettee716/
Keested715/
Queshta714/
Quetezz713/
Quetech713/
Quishte713/
Queeter712/
Queatte712/
Questaj712/
Quetees711/
Questio711/
Queitte711/
Quioste711/
Gueiste711/
Cueshte711/
Quietee711/
Queitee711/
Quistes711/
Quistte711/
Queiter711/
Keasted711/
Kesteds710/
Kiested710/
Keisted710/
Kuete6715,793/
Guete671,534/
Quite671,219/
Keste67446/
Ceste67352/
Keted67233/
Queti6756/
Kuehster6747/
Keastead6726/
Cuete6725/
Quety6722/
Kuesteis678/
Qwete675/
Åkestedt673/
Quetá671/
Qette671/
Qethe671/
Qesti671/
Kouester671/
Kuestter671/
Qeter671/
Queatteh671/
Queateah671/
Qeite671/
Keestead670/
Chestead670/
Keustedt670/

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