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    The surname Quintela

    A Galician place surname, carried by 714 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex Q534

    Quintela: #32,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Quintela #32,268, 714 people Quintela: #32,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Quintela #32,268, 714 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quintela is more common than 80.1% of them.

    Origin

    Galician origin

    From Galician Quintela, from a number of places so named, from Latin quintanella, diminutive of quintana.

    Quintela is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 714 people named Quintela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 432,417 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 649.

    #32,268
    rank among US surnames
    714
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10%
    change since 2000 (was #33,206)

    Who is named Quintela

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

    77% of people named Quintela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 77%
    • White (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.5%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Quintelas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Silvia Quintela
      Argentinian physician, 1948–1977

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Quintela

    Quintela has the Soundex code Q534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q534.

    Other Galician surnames

    All 34 Galician surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Quintela come from?
    From Galician Quintela, from a number of places so named, from Latin quintanella, diminutive of quintana.
    How common is the surname Quintela?
    714 people in the United States had the surname Quintela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 432,417 Americans. It ranked 32,268th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Quintela?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Quintela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Quintela?
    Silvia Quintela, Argentinian physician.
    Where is the surname Quintela most common?
    Wikidata records people named Quintela in Argentina.
    What type of surname is Quintela?
    Quintela is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Quintela getting more or less common?
    More common. 649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 714 in 2010, up 10%.