Quintano History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Quintano, 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 Quintano family
The surname Quintano 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 Quintano family
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Quintano Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Quintana, Quintanella, Quintanilla, Quintaniella, Quintano, Quinto, Quintero and many more.
Early Notables of the Quintano family
Notable bearers of the family name Quintano
- Manuel Quintano Bonifaz (1699-1774), a Spanish cleric, Grand Inquisitor of Spain from 1755 to 1774
Quintano migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Quintano Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
- Juan Quintano, who arrived in America in 1511
- Bartolome Quintano, who arrived in America in 1511
- Bartolomé Quintano, who sailed to America in 1512
- Antonio Quintano, who settled in New Granada in 1598
Quintano Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Bartolome Quintano, who landed in America in 1812 1
- D Quintano, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 1
Contemporary Notables of the name Quintano (post 1700) +
- Gene Quintano (b. 1946), American film actor, producer, writer and director best known for writing sequels to the hit film Police Academy
- Alberto Guillermo Quintano Ralph (b. 1946), known as El Mariscal, a former Chilean footballer
Citations +
- 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)