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The surname Quintanar

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,205 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex Q535

Quintanar: #13,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Quintanar #13,727, 2,205 people Quintanar: #13,727 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Quintanar #13,727, 2,205 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quintanar is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,205 people named Quintanar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,021 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,517.

#13,727
rank among US surnames
2,205
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+45.4%
change since 2000 (was #17,209)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,721Fleischmann2,206139,957
#13,727Gleaton2,205140,021
#13,736Wasilewski2,204140,084

Who is named Quintanar

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Quintanar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
  • White (not Hispanic) 7.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Quintanar

Quintanar has the Soundex code Q535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q535.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Quintanar come from?
Quintanar is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Quintanar?
2,205 people in the United States had the surname Quintanar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,021 Americans. It ranked 13,727th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Quintanar?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Quintanar identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Quintanar getting more or less common?
More common. 1,517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,205 in 2010, up 45%.