Quest is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Quest
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Quest

How popular is Quest?

Quest is common in United States.

Quest is ranked 59739 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Quests plummeted by 7.87172 per cent to 632 since 2000 and slipped by 3765 spots and ranked at 35582. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.8 80.61
Black 14.4 14.58
Hispanic or Latino 2.85 1.9
Others 2.69 2.48
Quest is quite popular family name mostly used in Pakistan while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 7739 people have been found who wears Quest as their family name. Quest is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
9,500 Ghana3
9,097 Wales3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
50,640 Switzerland2
44,018 Poland2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
21,529 Singapore2
5,318 Iraq2
18,625 Japan2
28,083 Romania2
20,595 China2
35,969 Denmark2
174,544 Czech Republic1
29,595 Iran1
9,498 Iceland1
42,479 Greece1
5,872 Namibia1
123,175 Tanzania1
91,024 Belgium1
10,683 Cyprus1
34,581 Chile1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
11,510 Oman1
31,207 Ireland1
49,529 Israel1
2,057 Myanmar1
2,309 Monaco1
12,745 Luxembourg1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
14,373 Jordan1
17,575 Kuwait1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,613 The Bahamas1
153,416 Italy1
29,774 Venezuela1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,489 Australia43
9,524 Portugal37
49,393 Netherlands35
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
14,963 Scotland26
22,809 New Zealand19
10,355 Nigeria14
369,956 Indonesia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
214,583 India63
Countries with hundreds of Quest:
5,820 Kenya942
6,626 Egypt919
12,030 Germany841
11,178 England559
25,252 Philippines516
30,072 Brazil397
1,197 Jamaica250
9,201 Malaysia202
71,478 France135
28,855 Canada117
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Quest:
4,683 Pakistan1,257
28,316 United States1,064
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old workman George Quest who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on June 7, 1849 by Tyringham put out from Liverpool. Pat Quest (60) Workman, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

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Elizabet Bazaldua
Quest is a variant spelling of quet, form of the old Occitan silent calm, quiet, peaceful man nickname -this name also refers to former french gain, profit, nickname.

Quest Namesakes

  • Giulio Questi, Film director
  • John Quested, Film director
  • Antonella Questa, Actress
  • Mae Questel, Actress
  • Catharina Questiers, Poet
  • Hugues Quester, Actor
  • Deric Quest, Composer
  • Dieter Quester, Race car driver
  • Mae Questel, Actress
  • Fabienne Quest, Actor

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