Quignon is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Quignon
No. of characters: 7
Origin: France
Meaning: The name is common in Picardy (60, 80) and in the Pas-de-Calais. Varientes: Quignion, Quinion. It can match the old French "coignon" (= little corner, crust), or even the word "bun" ("chaaignon" in Old French, with the sense chain, necklace, then neck, then bun in the eighteenth century) . But we must also think of surnames of diminutives of apheresis: either Jacquignon, short for Jacques or the many names ending in -quin (eg Jannequin, Hennequin).

How popular is Quignon?

Quignon is common in France.

Quignon is ranked 233197 on our list.

Quignon is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in France which may be its originating country too. Around 1404 people have been found who wears Quignon as their family name. Quignon have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
54,641 Sweden2
95,312 Argentina2
118,015 Netherlands1
448,262 Canada1
289,511 England1
36,678 Singapore1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
520,085 United States23
52,530 Belgium22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,284 Spain53
Countries with thousands of Quignon:
6,662 France1,298

Comments

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Raina Proper
 guignon is a name of Lyon and Picardy, regional form of coignon, little corner, with different meaning corner, crouton bread.

Quignon Namesakes

  • Facundo Quignón, Soccer midfielder

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