Qúë

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Qúë is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed both from Hokkien 郭 (Keh) and Catalan Qué.

rarermore common
  • GYGuyana1 in 188K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 232K
  • USUnited States1 in 274K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,215 people, 2020

Sources
59 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 188K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Que in US United States, NL Netherlands.

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)

Borrowed both from Hokkien 郭 (Keh) and Catalan Qué.

Sources 4

  • A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
  • Wiktionary
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Qúë 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.

Where Qúë is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,2151 in 274K953Que59
SE Sweden441 in 232K44—4
FI Finland121 in 464K50—2
PL Poland71 in 5.5M6——
NL Netherlands61 in 2.9M60Que6
DK Denmark51 in 1.2M5—1
GY Guyana41 in 188K4——

1,215 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Qúë under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Qúë mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed both from Hokkien 郭 (Keh) and Catalan Qué. Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
In which country does Qúë have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Qúë, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled que.
Where is Qúë most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Qúë is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 188 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Qúë?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,215 people named Qúë in 2020, about 1 in 274 thousand residents.

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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, “Qúë”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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