# Quiros (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/quiros/  
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) | 3,059 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,491 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 100,930 people |
| Change since 2000 | +26% (2,430 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Quiroz |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Quiros. This surname is mostly found in Costa Rica.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Quiros 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) | 9.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 86% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Quiros in Argentina.

## People named Quiros

- Aaron Quirós, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Quiroz, Queiroz, Quirk, Quiroga, 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.