Quince Surname
Approximately 2,104 people bear this surname
Quince Surname Definition:
Mr. Lower says 'the same as Quincey,' but furnishes no evidence. I cannot arrive at any satisfactory conclusion. The original form seems to have been Quinch.
1444. Jeffery Quinch, sheriff of Norwich: History of Norfolk.
1620.
Read More About This SurnameQuince Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 697 | 1:79,940 | 8,909 |
| United States | 682 | 1:531,465 | 44,211 |
| Australia | 302 | 1:89,390 | 10,284 |
| Philippines | 203 | 1:498,710 | 58,674 |
| Spain | 77 | 1:607,169 | 28,212 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 243 | 1:100,310 | 10,120 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 190 | 1:264,309 | 21,644 |
The alternate forms: Quincé (7) are calculated separately.
Quince (638) may also be a first name.
Quince Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Mr. Lower says 'the same as Quincey,' but furnishes no evidence. I cannot arrive at any satisfactory conclusion. The original form seems to have been Quinch.
1444. Jeffery Quinch, sheriff of Norwich: History of Norfolk.
1620. Married — Edward Kennyman and Mary Quince: St. Dionis Backchurch.
1622. Edward Sayve and Margaret Quince: Marriage Lic. (London).
(French-Latin) a French form of the Latin Quint(i)us (the common Roman prænomen usually abbreviated Q) = the Fifth (Son or Child) [Latin quintus, fifth]
A patronymic of Quin, i. e. Quins. Quin, anciently Quinchy, is a local name in Ireland, and is often found in composition. There is Quin co. Clare, and Quin in Kildare, and Quince Island co. Cork. But see Queen. Lower makes Quince the same with Quincy, in charters Latinised De Quinciato, De Quinci, De Quency.
Quince Demographics
Average Male Quince Height
176.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Quince Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Quince Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Quince is found most in England. It may appear as a variant: Quincé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Quince? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 198,695th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,463,663 people. The last name Quince occurs predominantly in Europe, where 39 percent of Quince live; 34 percent live in Northern Europe and 34 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 329,390th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 638 people.
This last name is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 697 people, or 1 in 79,940. In England it is most common in: Bedfordshire, where 26 percent live, Cambridgeshire, where 17 percent live and Greater London, where 8 percent live. Besides England this surname occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent live and Australia, where 14 percent live.
Quince Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Quince has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Quince surname increased 287 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 359 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Quince Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Quince surname are 6.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 59.71% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Quince earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.65% more than the national average, earning R 436,428 per year and in United States they earn 3.43% less than the national average, earning $41,669 USD per year.
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