Quick Surname

12,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44,359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Quick Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the quick'; v. Quickman. One of active and lively disposition.

Robert Quic, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Quykkc. Close Rolls, 14 Henry VI.

John Quicke, Close Rolls, 3 Edward IV.

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Quick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31,9311:11,3511,410
England4,1611:13,3911,974
Australia3,1611:8,5401,272
Canada1,4351:25,6763,451
Germany1,1281:71,3709,072
Wales4421:7,001785
Israel3281:26,0903,816
Sweden2551:38,6153,088
Belgium2111:54,4868,853
South Africa1921:282,17627,721
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
New Zealand1271:35,6566,115
Netherlands1181:143,11221,745
Scotland861:62,2545,030
Brazil531:4,039,138109,837
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Spain371:1,263,56942,239
Isle of Man361:2,384463
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
France311:2,142,668174,004
Guernsey291:2,222539
Singapore261:211,83510,313
India221:34,866,608408,224
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Gibraltar161:2,122483
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Liberia141:314,89517,893
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Tonga91:11,924307
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Guyana61:127,0377,965
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Greece61:1,846,63289,049
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Norway61:857,04855,549
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Colombia41:11,943,51826,735
China41:341,830,39216,990
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Malta11:430,2723,380
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland461:96,3016,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,1101:7,8381,197
Wales1671:9,392572
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Guernsey61:5,443949
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,5411:7,678982

Quick (501) may also be a first name.

Quick Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the quick'; v. Quickman. One of active and lively disposition.

Robert Quic, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Quykkc. Close Rolls, 14 Henry VI.

John Quicke, Close Rolls, 3 Edward IV.

1602. Baptised — John, s. John Quicke: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1613. Philip Quicke: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

(Teutonic) 1 Quick, Lively, Nimble [Middle English quicke, quic, quik, quyk; Old English cwic (= Old Saxon quik) = Old Norse kuik-r, living, alive] Robert Quic.—Hundred Rolls And short and quik [variantly quyk] and ful of hy sentence.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, Prol. 306. (occasionally) 2 Dweller by a Quick-Tree, i.e. a Rowan-Tree or Mountain-Ash; orig. an Aspen [Old English cwic treów, an aspen]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A well known English (Devon) name. It is sometimes used as a synonym of Quirke (q.v.) in Co. Cork. MIF 200

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Dutch, English, Irish) The lively or bright person; dweller by an aspen tree; grandson of Corc (heart); one who came from Quickbury, formerly Cuwyk (cow farm), in Essex.

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

Lively, vivacious in disposition.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From guîk, wick, a village. Quick is not an uncommon surname, and Geake is perhaps the same name.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Cornish guîk, a village.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(English), Active, Nimble. (variant: Sprague, Swift, and Fleet.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A location name in Yorkshire Orfrom the Flemish, Kwick; from the Swedish, Qvick; from the Dutch, Kuijk; from the German, Quicker; a personal name.

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

Quick is a name better represented in Cornwall than in this county. In the 17th century this name occurred amongst the burgesses and churchwardens of Tiverton (D.)., and it is still established in the town. John Quick was a commander of one of the Bideford ships engaged in the Newfoundland trade 200 years ago (Wat.).

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

Quick Last Name Facts

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

Quick (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﻚ) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Quick? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 12,654th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 164,286 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Quick reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Quick is also the 378,831st most widely held given name in the world It is held by 501 people.

It is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 31,931 people, or 1 in 11,351. In The United States Quick is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 8 percent are found, New York, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States Quick occurs in 92 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Quick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Quick has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Quick last name increased 488 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 134 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 265 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 860 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Quick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (72%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Quick last name are 15.93% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.7% registered with the party.

The amount Quick earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 44.22% less than the national average, earning 193,033 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.56% more than the national average, earning R 317,388 per year; in United States they earn 2.91% less than the national average, earning $41,894 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.77% more than the national average, earning $51,058 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quicke91511/
Quieck911/
Qwuick910/
Qucick910/
Quic89971/
Quik89839/
Qick895/
Queck802,092/
Quioc80900/
Quiec80183/
Kuick80153/
Quäck8072/
Guick8028/
Quicq8021/
Qwick8018/
Quaik8011/
Qucik8010/
Quoic806/
Quike806/
Cuick805/
Quisk801/
Quidk801/
Quiek801/
Quisc801/
Quyck801/
Quaic801/
Qieck800/
Quigk800/
Quiks800/
Quict800/
Qic757/
Qik756/
Quecke73348/
Kuijck7326/
Quiske7323/
Cuijck738/
Kuicke732/
Kcuick731/
Queike731/
Queeck731/
Cuhick731/
Kuicks730/
Cuisck730/
Quek6751,049/
Kick676,779/
Kuik673,675/
Quix671,093/
Quig67305/
Cuic67140/
Guic6781/
Guik6763/
Cuik6734/
Kuic6732/
Kuijcks6719/
Quicque6715/
Qwik679/
Quec677/
Qike675/
Quyc672/
Quissåk671/
Kqic671/
Cqik671/
Qoik671/
Qikc671/
Qijk671/
Qijc671/
Qihk671/
Qigk671/
Qicx671/
Qujk671/
Qhik671/
Qeic671/
Qitk671/
Qiqk671/
Qiqc671/
Kqik671/
Qict671/
Qiks671/
Qaic671/
Quidtke670/

Quick Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Quick in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻴﻚkyk-

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Footnotes

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