| ![Show Contents]() Quandt History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Germany The distinguished German surname Quandt is derived from the Middle Low German word "quant," meaning "rogue, joker." It is likely that the name was originally bestowed as a nickname on someone with a penchant for playing practical jokes. Early Origins of the Quandt familyThe surname Quandt was first found in regions of North Germany, particularly the Baltic province of Pomerania, where the ancestral home of the Quandt family is thought to be located. The first known bearer of the name was Gotfried Quant, who was a resident of the city of Rostock in 1284. The young Quandt family figured prominently in the early history of the region, and contributed greatly to the development of Pomeranian society. Early History of the Quandt familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Quandt research. Another 122 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1284, 1308, 1345, 1602, 1762, 1787, 1815, 1820, 1841, 1844, 1859 and 1919 are included under the topic Early Quandt History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Quandt Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Quandt, Quant, Quand and others. Early Notables of the Quandt familyProminent bearers of the name Quandt at this time were - Johann Quandt (c.1602), a painter from Northwest Germany, Daniel Gottlieb Quandt (1762-1815), a well-known actor and journalist, Johann Gottlob Quandt (1787-1859), the German art critic who published...
Quandt RankingIn the United States, the name Quandt is the 13,948th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Quandt Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Karl Friedrich Quandt, aged 25, who landed in America in 1845-1846 2
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- Herbert Werner Quandt (1910-1982), German industrialist who is regarded as having saved BMW from bankruptcy
- Johanna Maria Quandt (1926-2015), German business woman and the widow of German industrialist Herbert Quandt
- Harald Quandt (1921-1967), German child of Magda Goebbels and entrepreneur Günther Quandt, was the stepson of Joseph Goebbels
- Günther Quandt (1881-1954), German industrialist who founded an industrial empire
- Carl Udo Quandt (b. 1903), German well-known writer
- Georg Quandt (b. 1869), German painter
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Quandt migration to the United States 
