How common is the surname Quintero?

41,158 people in the United States had the surname Quintero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,501 Americans. It ranked 839th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Quintero?

José Raúl Mulino, 39th President of Panama.

Where is the surname Quintero most common?

Wikidata records people named Quintero in Panama.

Is the surname Quintero getting more or less common?

More common. 29,952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,158 in 2010, up 37%.

The surname Quintero

A Spanish surname, carried by 41,158 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex Q536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Quintero is more common than 99.5% 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 41,158 people named Quintero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,501 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,952.

#839

rank among US surnames

41,158

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+37.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,070)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#830	Spears	41,665	7,410
#831	Weeks	41,565	7,428
#832	Corona	41,553	7,430
#833	Frederick	41,394	7,459
#834	Buckley	41,348	7,467
#835	McFarland	41,300	7,476
#836	Hebert	41,275	7,480

Who is named Quintero

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

94% of people named Quintero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Quinteros

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

José Raúl Mulino
39th President of Panama, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Quintero

Quinteros

Quintero has the Soundex code Q536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Q536.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Quintero come from?: Quintero is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Quintero?: 41,158 people in the United States had the surname Quintero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,501 Americans. It ranked 839th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Quintero?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Quintero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Quintero?: José Raúl Mulino, 39th President of Panama.
Where is the surname Quintero most common?: Wikidata records people named Quintero in Panama.
Is the surname Quintero getting more or less common?: More common. 29,952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,158 in 2010, up 37%.