Quinteros 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 Quinteros, 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 Quinteros family

The surname Quinteros 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 Quinteros family

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Quinteros Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Quinteros family

Notable bearers of the family name Quinteros 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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Migration of the Quinteros family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Andrés de Quintana, who sailed to Venezuela in 1534; Juan de Quintana sailed to Peru in 1576; Pedro de Quintana sailed to San Juan Island in 1512.

Contemporary Notables of the name Quinteros (post 1700) +

Rita Quinteros (b. 1962), American musician and singer
Josef Quinteros (1976-2018), more commonly known as Bansi Quinteros, a Spanish trance keyboardist
Edgar Quinteros Guarda (1940-2023), Bolivian footballer who played in five matches for the Bolivia national team from 1963 to 1967
Miguel Ángel Quinteros (b. 1947), Argentine chess grandmaster
José Agustín Quinteros (1829-1885), Cuban journalist, diplomat, lawyer, poet, translator, and revolutionary
José Humberto Quinteros (1902-1984), Venezuelan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Lorenzo Quinteros (b. 1945), Argentine cinema and theatre actor
Juan Carlos Quinteros (b. 1978), Colombia n football midfielder
Omar Quinteros (b. 1982), Mexican professional basketball player
Michael Quinteros (b. 1980), Colombian professional tennis player
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