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

Quezon, 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 Quezon surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Quezon in America

Quezon is the 82044th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Quezon surname appeared 230 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 Quezon.

We can also compare 2010 data for Quezon 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 Quezon

The surname Quezon is of Filipino origin, deriving from the Spanish word "queson," which means "cheese-maker." It emerged in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period, which lasted from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Quezon can be traced back to the town of Queson, located in the province of Bohol, in the Visayas region of the Philippines. The town was known for its cheese production, which led to the surname's association with the cheese-making profession.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Quezon can be found in the 17th-century Spanish colonial records of the Philippines. A prominent figure bearing this name was Manuel L. Quezon, who served as the first President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944.

Another notable individual with the surname Quezon was Manuel A. Quezon, a Filipino politician and diplomat who served as the first Resident Commissioner of the Philippine Resident Commission to the United States Congress from 1909 to 1916.

In the 19th century, Juan Quezon y Molina, a Spanish-Filipino landowner and businessman, was a prominent figure in the history of the Philippines. He played a significant role in the development of the tobacco industry in the country.

During the Spanish colonial period, the surname Quezon was also associated with several place names in the Philippines, such as Quezon City, which was named after Manuel L. Quezon and became the capital of the Philippines from 1948 to 1976.

Furthermore, the surname Quezon has been recorded in various historical documents and records throughout the centuries, reflecting its deep roots in the Philippines' cultural and historical heritage.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Quezon

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

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

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