Queen
loc · Latin script
Meaning: first attested Hunfrid filius Quene 1176 P (Hu)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Queen is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 5K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 18K
- LYLibya≈1 in 690
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 424 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 690 (inferred from the name graph)
≈180,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Libya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Qüëën in DZ Algeria, IQ Iraq, Quëën in LY Libya, Quëen in CM Cameroon and Queeen in NG Nigeria.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
first attested Hunfrid filius Quene 1176 P (Hu)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Queen, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Queen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | — | Queen | 19 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Queen | 28 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.2K | listed | Queeen | 87 |
| US United States | — | 18,557 | 1 in 18K | 19K | Queen | 424 |
| IQ Iraq | — | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Qüëën | 8 |
| LY Libya | #447 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 690 | — | Quëën | 9 |
| DZ Algeria | #221 | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Qüëën | 11 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | — | Quëen | 13 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Queen is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, from English queen, a female monarch
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In English, nyaha mahéi
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
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In enm, alternative form of quene (“queen”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ben Queenb. 1900USFilm screenwriter and TV producer
- Queen Idab. 1929USAmerican zydeco musician
- Carol Queenb. 1957USAmerican author, editor, sociologist and sexologist
- Christine Quinnb. 1966USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician and executive
- Jesse Quinb. 1981GBnot in their usual nameBritish musician
- Kira Queenb. 1986RURussian pornographic actress
- Queen Harrisonb. 1988USAmerican hurdler and sprinter
- Queen Naijab. 1995USAmerican singer (born 1995)
- Derik Queenb. 2004USAmerican basketball player (born 2004)
- Uihyenot in their usual namequeen; Grand Lady of Three Han State
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 60 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 19K | #1,945 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 18K | #1,948 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 18K | #1,847 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Queen mean, and where does it come from?
- first attested Hunfrid filius Quene 1176 P (Hu) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- In which country does Queen have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 176 thousand people named Queen in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled queen.
- How common is the name Queen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 18,557 people named Queen in 2010, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Queen compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Queen is the 221st most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/queenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Queen” — the 221st most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.