Quinet is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Quinet
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning: We find this name especially in Lorraine and Champagne-Ardennes. One might think that means the fifth child of the family, but it seems more reasonable to make a hypocoristic of Jacques: Jacques & GT; Jaquin & GT; Jaquinet & GT; Quinet.

How popular is Quinet?

Quinet is common in France.

Quinet is ranked 145844 on our list.

There are about 114 people in US who wears Quinet as surname and ranked 145220 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
White 89.47
Hispanic or Latino 5.26
Others 4.39
Quinet is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in France. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Belgium. Around 2606 people have been found who wears Quinet as their family name. Quinet is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
9,053 Senegal5
280,667 Canada5
54,135 Philippines2
172,258 Germany1
153,416 Italy1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
279,271 Australia1
28,365 Kenya1
36,814 Romania1
16,073 Latvia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
36,547 Switzerland27
2,645 Luxembourg26
155,219 England16
Countries with hundreds of Quinet:
2,345 Belgium683
52,914 Brazil191
154,619 United States130
Countries with thousands of Quinet:
5,660 France1,506

Comments

C
Cherilyn Weidler
quinet is a fairly common name, as with apheresis jacquinet, short for Jacques, given name of biblical origin, representing the Hebrew name jaacob, with the sense that supplants, holding the heel.

Quinet Namesakes

  • Cyprien Quinet, Politician
  • Nicolas Marie Quinette, Politician
  • ThĂ©odore Quinette de Rochemont, Politician

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