Quinton Surname

38,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Quinton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Quinton.' Parishes in Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire.

Richard de Quenton, Northamptonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas de Quenton, Oxfordshire, ibid.

1665.

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Quinton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1101:88,1909,935
England2,7481:20,2762,871
France2,5151:26,4113,168
Canada1,5531:23,7253,231
Philippines8611:117,58220,284
Australia8051:33,5354,419
South Africa4101:132,14115,426
Ecuador1311:121,4196,611
Scotland801:66,9235,243
New Zealand711:63,7799,777
Peru551:577,89315,104
Northern Ireland441:41,9333,816
Wales391:79,3476,699
Trinidad and Tobago331:41,3333,849
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
French Polynesia251:11,2322,339
Jamaica161:179,3725,614
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Panama111:355,6607,645
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Barbados31:95,8161,797
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
China21:683,660,78330,601
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Malta11:430,2723,380
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland431:103,0206,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2581:19,3762,781
Scotland341:110,0955,249
Wales201:78,4213,652
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5281:95,1119,723

The alternate forms: Quintón (2) are calculated separately.

Quinton (25,691) may also be a first name.

Quinton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Quinton.' Parishes in Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire.

Richard de Quenton, Northamptonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas de Quenton, Oxfordshire, ibid.

1665. Married — Richard Quinton and Margaret Midletich: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1713. John Quinton, rector of Thwayt, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1729-30. Married — John Quinton and Elizabeth Walker: St. Dionis Backchurch.

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

(English) belonging to Quinton = the Queen’s Manor [the genit. of Old English cwén, a queen, wife + tún] The Glouc. Quinton occurs in a ninth- century Latin charter as Cwentun.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Northamptonshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire.

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

User-submitted Reference

Quinto, Spanish for the ordinal number five, 'fifth'. Example: "el quinto piso" means the fifth floor.

- karenyvesquinto

Quinton Last Name Facts

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

Quinton (Georgian: ქუინტონ, Marathi: नटॉन, Oriya: କୁୋନ) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Quintón. Click here to see other possible spellings of Quinton.

How Common Is The Last Name Quinton? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 38,266th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 530,003 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Quinton live; 41 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America. Quinton is also the 31,328th most frequently held forename globally, borne by 25,691 people.

The surname Quinton is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 4,110 people, or 1 in 88,190. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 10 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Oklahoma, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States Quinton occurs in 65 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent live and France, where 18 percent live.

Quinton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Quinton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Quinton last name grew 778 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 218 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 235 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 195 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Quinton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (42%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Quinton last name are 10.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.78% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Quinton earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 62.62% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,247 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.43% more than the national average, earning R 355,092 per year; in United States they earn 3.35% less than the national average, earning $41,705 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.78% less than the national average, earning $47,308 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Quinton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Quinton in the Georgian language
ქუინტონkuinton-
Quinton in the Oriya language
କୁୋନkuona-
Quinton in the Marathi language
नटॉनnatona-

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Quinton Reference & Research

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