# Quintana (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/quintana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 37,657 |
| US rank (2010) | 923 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,199 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (29,755 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Romance (Spanish Quintana and Portuguese Quintana).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Quintana in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 8.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Quintana in Argentina, Mexico, the United States and Brazil.

## People named Quintana

- Manuel Quintana, Argentine politician (1835–1906)
- Rosita Quintana, Argentine-born Mexican actress, singer and songwriter (1925-2021)
- Elisa Quintana, American astronomer
- Mário Quintana, Brazilian writer, poet, translator, and journalist (1905-1994)
- Facundo Quintana, Argentinian association football player
- Diego Quintañia, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Quinton, Quentin, Quintanilla, Quintanar, Quaintance.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.