Find out how popular the last name Quamina is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Quamina.

Quamina, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Quamina surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Quamina in America

Quamina is the 77522nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Quamina surname appeared 247 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Quamina.

We can also compare 2010 data for Quamina to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Quamina

The surname Quamina has its origins in the Anglicized form of the Akan name Kwamena, a name given to boys born on Saturday in parts of West Africa, particularly in present-day Ghana. The name is derived from the Akan word 'kwa' meaning 'born' and 'mena' meaning 'Saturday'.

Quamina is a variation of the name that emerged during the transatlantic slave trade when Africans were forcibly transported to the Caribbean and the Americas. The name was likely adapted and spelled differently by European slave owners and record keepers, resulting in the spelling Quamina.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Quamina can be found in the 1763 records of the St. John's Parish in Barbados, where a slave named Quamina is listed. In the late 18th century, a former slave named Quamina Gladstone became a prominent figure in the fight for the abolition of slavery in Guyana.

Another notable figure with the surname Quamina was Quamina Hunte, a Guyanese cricketer who played for the West Indies in the late 19th century. He was born in 1857 and played his first Test match in 1884.

The name Quamina also appears in the historical records of Jamaica, where a slave named Quamina was involved in the 1760 Tacky's Revolt, one of the largest slave uprisings in the Caribbean.

In the early 20th century, a prominent Guyanese diplomat and politician named Quamina Neville Hunte served as the country's ambassador to the United States from 1966 to 1972.

Another notable individual with the surname Quamina was Quamina Fowler, a Guyanese cricketer who played for the West Indies in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in 1934 and played his first Test match in 1958.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Quamina

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Quamina.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Quamina was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Quamina has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Quamina was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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