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

Quandahl, 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 Quandahl surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Quandahl in America

Quandahl is the 122314th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Quandahl surname appeared 141 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 Quandahl.

We can also compare 2010 data for Quandahl 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 Quandahl

The surname Quandahl originates from the Germanic region of northern Europe, with its earliest recorded use dating back to the 9th century. Derived from the Old Norse words "kvan" meaning "wife" and "dal" meaning "valley," the name was likely initially used as a descriptive term to refer to someone who lived in a valley inhabited primarily by women or widows.

One of the earliest known references to the name can be found in the Landnámabók, an Icelandic book detailing the settlement of Iceland in the 9th and 10th centuries. This medieval manuscript mentions a farmer named Quandahl Thorvaldsson, who is said to have settled in the Borgarfjörður region of western Iceland around the year 900.

Throughout the Middle Ages, various spellings of the name appeared in historical records across Scandinavia and the British Isles, including Quandal, Quandale, and Quandell. One notable bearer of the name was Quandahl Eriksson, a Norwegian trader and explorer who is believed to have been among the first Europeans to reach the coast of North America in the late 10th century.

In the 13th century, the name was also associated with a prominent family of landowners in the county of Cheshire, England. The Quandahl family of Cheshire is mentioned in the Domesday Book, a survey of lands and property commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086.

As the name spread across Europe, it became more common in regions with strong Viking or Norse influences. Notable individuals with the Quandahl surname include Quandahl Magnusson (1567-1632), a Danish naval officer and explorer who served under King Christian IV, and Quandahl Sigurdsson (1718-1794), an Icelandic poet and scholar credited with preserving many ancient Icelandic sagas and folktales.

In more recent centuries, the name has been carried by individuals such as Quandahl Bjornsson (1856-1920), a prominent Icelandic politician and advocate for Icelandic independence from Denmark, and Quandahl Eriksdottir (1903-1981), a renowned Norwegian author and playwright whose works explored themes of identity and cultural heritage.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Quandahl

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

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 Quandahl 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 Quandahl 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 Quandahl was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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