The Quinones surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 34,468 people carried this name — #1,014 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,560 people counted. That is up 26% from 27,290 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Quinones surname
Anglicization of Spanish Quiñones
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Quinones» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 9,982 people named Quinones live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Quinones.
Most of them — 26 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Quinones live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
24 people named Quinones is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Quinones in American newspapers,
1891–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,614 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Quinones,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sam Quinones 1958– · writer -
Ricardo J. Quinones 1935– · professor
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Vanessa Quinones 1975– · singer
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Joel Quinones 1976– · basketball player
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Brandi Quinones 1977– · model
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Linnea Quinones 1980– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 16 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Quinones.
- Quilici 627 · U.S. census
- Quin 1,462 · U.S. census
- Quincey 244 · U.S. census
- Quincy 1,012 · U.S. census
- Quinette 129 · U.S. census
- Quinn 76,986 · U.S. census
- Quint 2,639 · U.S. census
- Quinta 156 · U.S. census
- Quintal 1,679 · U.S. census
- Quintana 37,657 · U.S. census
- Quintard 123 · U.S. census
- Quinten 112 · U.S. census
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