Quittenbaum Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Quittenbaum Surname Definition:

(German), Quince-tree. (variant: Nooteboom.)

Quittenbaum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Quittenbaum Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German), Quince-tree. (variant: Nooteboom.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Quittenbaum Last Name Facts

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

Quittenbaum is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Quittenbaum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,106,139th most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Quittenbaum is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Quittenbaum live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Quittenbaum is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,610,109. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hamburg, where 28 percent live, Bavaria, where 26 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live. Besides Germany this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Quittenbaum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Quittenbaum has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Quittenbaum Last Name Statistics demography

Quittenbaum earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 4.61% less than the national average, earning $47,393 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuettenbaum8222/
Gutenbaum804/
Quedenbaum76120/
Kattenbaum7658/
Kettenbaum7637/
Küttenbaum7628/
Kistenbaum7610/
Citinbaum701/
Kistembaum672/
Kittenpeme571/

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