Quintero History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. The original bearer of the name Quintero, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The name was originally borne by a person who lived on a shared piece of land and was obliged to pay one-fifth of the land's produce as rent which is derived from the Spanish word quintana, and the Latin word quintus, which means a fifth.

Early Origins of the Quintero family

The surname Quintero was first found in Castile, the medieval kingdom of the northern peninsula whose language and customs eventually spread to many countries of the world.

Early History of the Quintero family

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Quintero Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Quintana, Quintanella, Quintanilla, Quintaniella, Quintano, Quinto, Quintero and many more.

Early Notables of the Quintero family

Notable bearers of the family name Quintero were Gonzalo de Quintana Ortuño, a thirteenth century nobleman from Burgos; Sancho de Quintaniella, a thirteenth century nobleman from Aguilar de la Frontera; Jerónimo de Quintana, seventeenth century Spanish writer; Juan de Quintana (died 1534), a Franciscan friar and confessor to...
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Quintero Ranking

In the United States, the name Quintero is the 1,346^th most popular surname with an estimated 22,383 people with that name. 1

Quintero migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Quintero Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Antonia Quintero, who settled in Louisiana in 1778
Antonio Quintero, who settled in Louisiana in 1778

Quintero Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Andres Quintero, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1802 2
Francisco Quintero, who landed in America in 1816 2
Maria Antonia Quintero, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1820 2
Jose Maria Quintero, aged 38, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829 2
Teodoro Quintero, who landed in Texas in 1835 2
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Quintero Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Bengamin Quintero, aged 20, who landed in America from Panama, Panama, in 1910
Benjamin Quintero, aged 19, who settled in America from Sn. Cristolal, Venezuela, in 1912
Elena G. Quintero, aged 53, who landed in America from Camajuani, Cuba, in 1914
Ernestina Quintero, aged 35, who immigrated to America from Cartagena, Columbia, in 1920
Domingo Quintero, aged 43, who immigrated to the United States from Hierro, Canary Islands, in 1920
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Quintero migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3

Quintero Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Lope Quintero, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1827 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Quintero (post 1700) +

Maria Lupita Quintero, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1996 (alternate), 2000 4
Frank Quintero, American politician, Mayor of Glendale, California, 2003-04, 2009-10, 2012- 4
Brian A. Quintero, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate in primary for Texas State House of Representatives 148th District, 1992, 1994 4
Andre Quintero, American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of El Monte, California; Elected 2009; Presidential Elector for California, 2012 4
Jesús Rodríguez Quintero (1940-2022), Spanish journalist, editor and presenter of Spanish programs in radio and television
Joaquín Álvarez Quintero (1873-1944), Spanish dramatist
Serafín Álvarez Quintero (1871-1938), Spanish dramatist
Mario Cesar Quintero Padron (1924-2017), Cuban basketball player at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics
Carlos Quintero Arce (1920-2016), Mexican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Humberto Quintero (b. 1979), Venezuelan Major League Baseball catcher
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Citations +

"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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html