Queen is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Queen
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

One who played the part of the queen in a play or pageant; one connected in some way with the queen's household.

The variation of McQueen. The son of Suibhne meaning "good going"; the son of the peaceful or quiet man.

Queen is a form of the Macqueen. Anciently Macsweene, meaning "son of Sweyne".

The lastname is variant of Quaint. See Quain - Old English quaint, neat, elegant.

The Gaelic Mac Queen, sans Mac.

How popular is Queen?

Queen is common in United States, Egypt, Myanmar, Ghana, Bangladesh, Scotland, England, Morocco, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Canada, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Botswana, Cameroon, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Singapore, Iran.

Queen is ranked 9618 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Queen bearers increased by 3.78 per cent in 2010 US census to 18557 since 2000, the surname slipped by 98 spots and ranked at 1945. The last name was found in around 6 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 75.42 77.41
Black 18.63 18.23
Others 2.39 1.47
Hispanic or Latino 2.18 1.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.84 1.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.54 0.34
Queen is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 58728 people have been found who wears Queen as their family name. Queen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Queen:
1,821 United States24,901
731 Egypt15,742
Countries with thousands of Queen:
316 Myanmar4,213
1,345 Ghana2,702
3,262 Bangladesh2,433
765 Scotland1,214
6,097 England1,140
Countries with hundreds of Queen:
7,155 Morocco784
14,897 Nigeria684
7,875 Uganda548
7,776 Kenya542
8,623 Canada481
73,075 India350
33,634 Indonesia334
7,441 Sri Lanka292
1,624 Botswana243
13,089 Cameroon184
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
79,885 Philippines117
1,981 Singapore107
38,519 Iran102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
863 China93
17,512 Malaysia91
45,471 South Africa91
30,692 Australia73
22,337 Pakistan69
19,099 Mexico60
4,582 Bahrain59
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
86,567 DR Congo48
40,838 Netherlands45
11,429 Iraq42
10,086 Portugal38
1,449 Rwanda36
14,967 Kuwait29
17,650 New Zealand29
7,679 Ireland27
3,610 Sudan25
9,267 Wales25
194,228 Brazil24
200,772 France23
11,536 Qatar22
48,780 Tanzania20
2,388 Vietnam20
101,426 Italy18
3,723 Oman18
644 Burundi16
5,325 Cyprus16
16,331 Liberia16
63,354 Belgium15
196,901 Germany15
3,321 Hong Kong15
363,835 Thailand14
19,471 Estonia12
12,312 Lebanon12
78,554 Papua New Guinea12
64,097 Austria11
26,155 Chile11
17,636 Ecuador11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,608 Spain10
78,460 Zimbabwe10
1,883 Fiji9
1,982 Libya9
19,532 Malawi9
993 South Korea9
1,431 American Samoa8
4,667 Costa Rica8
4,829 Honduras8
8,814 Trinidad and Tobago8
12,820 Tunisia8
47,869 Japan7
10,409 Namibia7
146,768 Poland7
75,466 Israel6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Edmond Queen from Ireland aboard the Helen Thompson from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on June 3, 1846. Mike Queen, aged 20, 30 years old Charles Queen, Owen Queen (25) Immigrant, 30 years old Mike Queen, Mary Queen (21), 25 years old Pat Queen, Workwoman Ellen Queen, Harry Queen, aged 8, and 10 other Queen around 72.73% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

From Germany

Jke. Queen was 20 years old when he migrated to Cleveland on August 12, 1885. He lived in Frankfurt where he worked as clerk and took Westernland from Antwerp. Farmer Ris. Queen, George Queen, aged 33, 30 years old Peter Queen, are others that migrated to US.

Queen Namesakes

  • Ellery Queen,
  • John Queen, Manitoba politician
  • Richard Queen, was
  • Joe Sam Queen, North Carolina politician and architect
  • Ivy Queen, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper
  • I Killed the Prom Queen, Australian melodic metalcore band from Adelaide
  • She's The Queen, American electropop duo based in New York City with roots
  • Carol Queen, American author, editor

Queen Namesakes

  • Ellery Queen,
  • John Queen, Manitoba politician
  • Richard Queen, was
  • Joe Sam Queen, North Carolina politician and architect
  • Ivy Queen, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper
  • I Killed the Prom Queen, Australian melodic metalcore band from Adelaide
  • She's The Queen, American electropop duo based in New York City with roots
  • Carol Queen, American author, editor

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