Quackenbush

English

Alternative forms

• Quakenbush, Quackenbos

Etymology

Americanized spelling of Dutch Quackenbosch, a habitational surname from quaak (“swamp”) + bosch (“woodland”).

Proper noun

Quackenbush (plural Quackenbushes)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Quackenbush is the 7947^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4164 individuals. Quackenbush is most common among White (95.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Quackenbush”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.