The Quan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,451 people carried this name — #5,397 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,700 people counted. That is up 18% from 5,478 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
61 people named Quan live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 41 people named Quan.
Most of them — 37 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
36 people named Quan is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Quan in American newspapers,
1908–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 431,241 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Quan in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.
2,094 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quan. The most, 554, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.3 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quan.
Who carried it
People named Quan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Quan Zuwang 1705–1755 · poet -
Quan Cong 198–249 · politician
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Quan Huijie 244–300
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Quan Shi 792–824
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Miss Cixian 1150–
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 141 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Quan,
in the records of 4 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States407 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 221
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 90
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 28
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 28
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 24
- Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 12
- Sacramento County historic burials 2
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Hoy P. QuanBorn 1909. Enlisted 1942 at Portland, Oregon; waiter from Multnomah County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Kenneth Raymond QuanBorn 1947; from Lawton, Michigan. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Bridget QuanArrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Middlesex from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 407 records for Quan in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Canada79 records
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 32
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 21
- City of Calgary cemetery records 20
- City of Winnipeg cemetery records 6
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Duck Lim QuanBuried in 1972 at Chinese Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 81.
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Michael QuanDied 1866 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Agnes QuanMarried 1838 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
Showing 3 of 79 records for Quan in Canada.
Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Australia51 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 32
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
- Queensland State Archives indexes 5
- NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
- State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
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Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Eleanor QuanTransported to New South Wales aboard the Thomas Harrison, arriving 1836; certificate of freedom 1843.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Bridget QuanArrived in Queensland in 1901 aboard the Duke of Norfolk, aged 23.
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record George Chui QuanRetired of Vermont Sth, Victoria; died 1985.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 51 records for Quan in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
France14 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Van To QuanBorn 1906 in Vietnam; died 1993 in Créteil (Val-de-Marne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Dung QuanBorn 1910 in China; died 1990 in Paris.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Cong Hoa QuanBorn 1944 in Vietnam; died 1996 in Thionville (Moselle).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 14 records for Quan in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Quan.
- Quaglieri 167 · U.S. census
- Quaglino 122 · U.S. census
- Quaglio 101 · U.S. census
- Quaile 235 · U.S. census
- Quain 494 · U.S. census
- Qualls 11,958 · U.S. census
- Quang 982 · U.S. census
- Quaranta 1,019 · U.S. census
- Quarles 9,780 · U.S. census
- Quattrocchi 948 · U.S. census
- Quattrociocchi 168 · U.S. census
- Quattrone 648 · U.S. census
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