Quickfall Surname

438,773rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 781 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Quickfall Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. A corruption of Wigfall, which see, compare Quixley for Whixley; v. Quarton.

1794. Married — John Quickfall and Ann Wyatt: St. George, Hanover Square.

Quickfall Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3081:180,90316,305
South Africa2871:188,77220,532
New Zealand821:55,2238,747
Canada681:541,84745,466
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1721:141,71712,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Quickfall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. A corruption of Wigfall, which see, compare Quixley for Whixley; v. Quarton.

1794. Married — John Quickfall and Ann Wyatt: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(Scandinavian) Dweller at the Quick- Tree Hill [v. under Quick2, and + Old Norse fiall, a hill, fell; but Quick- here may perh. refer to the grass so called: cp. the Danish- Norwegian vikgrœs] This is specifically a Yorkshire and Lincolnshire surname.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison
DNA test information
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Quickfall Demographics

Average Quickfall Salary in
England

£30,800

Per year
Rank:
15,604 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000654468
Rank: 14,751 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
114.17%
Sample size: 49 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Quickfall Last Name Facts

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

The last name Quickfall is found most in England. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Quickfall? popularity and diffusion

The surname Quickfall is the 438,773rd most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,331,045 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 42 percent of Quickfall are found; 41 percent are found in Northern Europe and 41 percent are found in British Isles.

Quickfall is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 308 people, or 1 in 180,903. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Lincolnshire, where 40 percent live, Tyne and Wear, where 9 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 8 percent live. Beside England this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 37 percent live and New Zealand, where 10 percent live.

Quickfall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Quickfall has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Quickfall last name grew 179 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Quickfall Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Quickfall earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 39.06% more than the national average, earning R 330,456 per year and in Canada they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $49,082 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quick Fall951/
Quickfill891/
Kucfał5333/

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