The Quintanilla surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,581 people carried this name — #1,586 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,100 people counted. That is up 42% from 15,849 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,794 people named Quintanilla 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 41 people named Quintanilla.
Most of them — 28 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
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 print
Quintanilla in American newspapers,
1867–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,124 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Quintanilla,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carlos Quintanilla 1888–1964 · politician -
Jaime Quintanilla 1898–1936 · writer -
Jaime Quintanilla Ulla 1919–2002 · physician -
Isabel Quintanilla 1938–2017 · painter -
Abraham Quintanilla 1939–2025 · composer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Isabel Quintanilla: Francisco López Quintanilla, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Abraham Quintanilla: Tony Dandrades, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 62 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Quintanilla,
in the records of 2 countries.
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 States303 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 200
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 42
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Francisco QuintanillaBorn 1949; from Mission, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1971 in Lam Dong, South Vietnam. Buried at Laurel Hills Cemetery, Mission, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Henry G. QuintanillaBorn 1918 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; auto mechanic. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1983, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Fidel QuintanillaU.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1999; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 303 records for Quintanilla in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
France13 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Marie Remedios QuintanillaBorn 1908 in Spain; died 1992 in Saint-Estève (Pyrénées-Orientales).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Matheo QuintanillaBorn 1910 in Algeria; died 1990 in Montpellier (Hérault).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Eusebio QuintanillaBorn 1922 in Spain; died 1998 in Vic-Fezensac (Gers).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 13 records for Quintanilla in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Quintanilla.
- Quinones 34,468 · U.S. census
- Quinonez 11,576 · 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
- Quintero 41,158 · U.S. census
- Quintin 676 · U.S. census
- Quinto 2,746 · U.S. census
- Quinton 3,452 · U.S. census
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