Frequency: (898)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: nickname from Middle Low German quant ‘rogue’, ‘wag’, ‘prankster’. This surname is also established in the Netherlands and is a common name of Dutch origin in the Mohawk Valley.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
