# Quiroga (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/quiroga/  
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 Galician.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Galician |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,937 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,824 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 52,004 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (4,602 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Galician Quiroga, from the town of Quiroga, Galicia.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Quiroga 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) | 6.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Quiroga in Argentina and Bolivia.

## People named Quiroga

- Mauro Quiroga, Argentine footballer
- Facundo Quiroga, Argentine politician
- Raúl Quiroga, Argentine volleyball player
- Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, Bolivian writer and politician (1931-1980)
- Rosita Quiroga, Argentine singer, lyricist and composer (1896–1984)
- Julietta Quiroga, Argentine alpine skier

## Similar surnames

Quirk, Quiroz, Quiros, Queiroz, Qureshi.

## 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.