The Quinonez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,576 people carried this name — #3,111 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,500 people counted. That is up 37% from 8,426 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Quinonez surname

Quiñónez: A surname from Spanish.

From Spanish Quiñónez, Latin American Spanish spelling variant of Quiñones.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Quinonez» (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 8,258 people named Quinonez 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 4,127
City of Buenos Aires 759
Formosa 648
Córdoba 588
Santiago del Estero 539
Misiones 361
Chaco 348
Santa Fe 219

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

55 people named Quinonez live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 19
Geneva 14
Bern 8
Zurich 6
Fribourg 5
Basel-Stadt 3

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 print

Quinonez in American newspapers,
1918–1923.

Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Quinonez
La Prensa 1922-07-31
Newspaper page from La Prensa carrying the name Quinonez
La Prensa 1918-01-14
Newspaper page from The Raymer Enterprise carrying the name Quinonez
The Raymer Enterprise 1923-02-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 909 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Quinonez,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Severino Quiñónez 1780–1900 · politician
  • Severino Quiñónez 1780–1900 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Quinonez,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States138 records

138 records of the Quinonez name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 66
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 31
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 22
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Nicholas P. Quinonez

    Born 1922 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; carpenter from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Daniel Quinonez

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1998; buried at Cementerio Municipal, Camuy, Puerto Rico.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Concepcion D. Quinonez

    Born 1873 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in El Paso, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 138 records for Quinonez in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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