Quinon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Quinon

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 Quinon, 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 Quinon 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 Quinon family

Early History of the Quinon family

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

Quinon 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 Quinon 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 Quinon 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.