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O'quinn Surname Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coinn ‘descendant of Conn’, a byname meaning ‘head’, ‘sense’, or ‘reason’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


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Between 1986 and 2004, in the United States, O'quinn life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1995, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for O'quinn in 1986 was 66, and 60 in 2004.

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