Quintero Surname

824th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 642,643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Panama

Quintero Surname Definition:

Similar to the name Quintana (see) from the Spanish "quinto" - fifth. The tenant who gives one-fifth of the crops to the land­lord. Town in Valparaiso province of central Chile.

Castilian name from Laredo (Santander).

See Quintanilla.

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Quintero Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia246,9151:19327
Venezuela120,3111:25140
Mexico117,0181:1,061169
United States35,3921:10,2411,244
Panama31,5641:12413
Cuba19,7021:58596
Argentina18,2161:2,346305
Spain17,2551:2,709322
Ecuador8,8971:1,788312
Nicaragua8,4651:711147
Philippines5,9921:16,8961,948
Honduras2,8391:3,105391
Chile1,5931:11,059925
Costa Rica1,1751:4,068366
Puerto Rico1,1421:3,109258
Uruguay1,0851:3,163379
Peru9731:32,6663,255
Brazil7771:275,51410,603
Dominican Republic7321:14,2531,058
Canada5541:66,5087,698
Paraguay3551:20,385824
Guatemala2251:71,4792,582
El Salvador2031:31,2511,098
Trinidad and Tobago1731:7,8841,152
England1701:327,75324,219
France1361:488,40268,701
Germany951:847,42661,310
Italy601:1,019,27870,256
Australia521:519,14839,018
Japan491:2,609,06731,334
Netherlands481:351,81639,430
Portugal471:221,6658,706
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Thailand341:2,077,598243,257
Belgium331:348,38338,592
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Aruba281:3,696529
Belize241:14,8111,562
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Curaçao141:11,232389
China131:105,178,5825,529
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Northern Mariana Islands81:6,822652
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Bolivia61:1,769,4066,441
Comoros41:187,381421
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Cape Verde21:264,8215,214
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Dominica11:75,891912
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:687,92744,660

Quintero (437) may also be a first name.

Quintero Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Similar to the name Quintana (see) from the Spanish "quinto" - fifth. The tenant who gives one-fifth of the crops to the land­lord. Town in Valparaiso province of central Chile.

Castilian name from Laredo (Santander).

See Quintanilla.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

User-submitted Reference

Quinto, Spanish for the ordinal number five, 'fifth'. Example: "el quinto piso" means the fifth floor.

- karenyvesquinto

Quintero Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Quintero Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Quintero (Arabic: كينتيرو) is found most in Colombia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Quintero? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 824th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,340 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Quintero reside; 62 percent reside in South America and 57 percent reside in Caribbean South America. It is also the 410,164th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 437 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is borne by 246,915 people, or 1 in 193. In Colombia it is mostly found in: Antioquia Department, where 18 percent reside, Capital District, where 13 percent reside and Valle del Cauca Department, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Colombia this surname exists in 95 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 19 percent reside and Mexico, where 18 percent reside.

Quintero Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Quintero has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Quintero last name rose 48,482 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Quintero Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Quintero last name are 42.17% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.4% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Quintero earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 73.97% less than the national average, earning €7,816 per year; in Peru they earn 6.13% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,574 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.19% more than the national average, earning $23,199,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.55% less than the national average, earning $37,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.47% less than the national average, earning $48,953 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Quintero Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Quintero in the Arabic language
كينتيروkyntyrw-

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Quintero Reference & Research

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Quintero FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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