Dequino History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Dequino

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 Dequino, 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 Dequino family originally lived on a piece of land that was shared between a group of co-tenants for sowing having derived from the Spanish word quinon, and ultimately from the Latin word quinio, which mean a group of five.

Early Origins of the Dequino family

Early History of the Dequino family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dequino research. Another 302 words (22 lines of text) covering the years 1315, 1482, 1540 and 1640 are included under the topic Early Dequino History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dequino Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Quiñones, de Quiñones, Quinones, de Quinones, Quiñón, de Quiñón, Quiñon, de Quiñon, Quinón, de Quinón, Quinon and many more.

Early Notables of the Dequino family

were Suero de Quiñones, a fourteenth century knight of the Reconquest; Francis Quiñones (c.1482-1540), a Spanish (Kingdom of León) cardinal; Luis Quiñones de Benavente, 17th century poet and...
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Migration of the Dequino family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Juan Jorge Quiñones, who accompanied the expedition of Francisco Fajardo to Venezuela in 1559. Other early migrants to the New World were Pedro de Quiñ.