Quirós Surname

615,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Quirós Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quirós Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2501:187,00813,054
Costa Rica881:54,3191,200
Panama601:65,2042,877
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
Peru141:2,270,29426,427
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Quiros (77,354), Quiròs (22), Quirôs (1) & Quírós (1) are calculated separately.

Quirós Last Name Facts

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

The surname Quirós is found most frequently in Spain. It can appear in the variant forms: Quiros, Quiròs, Quirôs or Quírós. Click here for other possible spellings of Quirós.

How Common Is The Last Name Quirós? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 615,220th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,546,000 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Quirós live; 50 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 50 percent live in Iberian Europe.

Quirós is most frequently used in Spain, where it is carried by 250 people, or 1 in 187,008. In Spain it is most frequent in: Madrid, where 32 percent live, Andalusia, where 24 percent live and Catalonia, where 18 percent live. Besides Spain it occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Costa Rica, where 18 percent live and Panama, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quiros9477,354/
Quiròs9422/
Quirôs941/
Quírós941/
Queirós9213,233/
Quiras83128/
Quiróz83106/
Querós832/
Queiros776,927/
Queiróz77246/
Quieros7793/
Quirgas778/
Queiras777/
Quirros775/
Quieras773/
Quirzos772/
Quitras771/
Quirozs771/
Quirous771/
Quirash771/
Quciros771/
Qiros734/
Qiras732/
Kirós731/
Queirois71130/
Queirosz712/
Quirouss710/
Quiroz67342,486/
Queros67214/
Quiroc6768/
Queras6744/
Quirac6743/
Quirox6715/
Guiras6713/
Quiraz6712/
Kuiros6711/
Guiros679/
Cairós678/
Kuiras676/
Kairós676/
Quiròz674/
Quirosová672/
Quiroj672/
Queróz671/
Qeiros671/
Cuiros671/
Qirros671/
Qioros671/
Qieros671/
Cuiras671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Quirós
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