The Quintero surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 41,158 people carried this name — #839 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,170 people counted. That is up 37% from 29,952 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 20,359 people named Quintero 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
148 people named Quintero live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 21 people named Quintero.
Most of them — 14 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 the Nordic population registers
30 people named Quintero 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
Quintero in American newspapers,
1906–1944.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,676 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Quintero in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1980s.
30 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quintero. The most, 15, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quintero.
Who carried it
People named Quintero,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pelayo Quintero Atauri 1867–1946 · writer -
Eduardo Quintero 1900–1984 -
José Humberto Quintero 1902–1984 · writer -
Nydia Quintero Turbay 1932–2025 · community leader -
Gustavo Quintero 1939–2016 · singer-songwriter
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Pelayo Quintero Atauri: Millars, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); José Humberto Quintero: Arquidiócesis de Caracas, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Nydia Quintero Turbay: Mastodontotote, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); Gustavo Quintero: Callejon4, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 166 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Quintero,
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 States700 records
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 464
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 107
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 79
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 37
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
- Sacramento County historic burials 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Jose Hernandez QuinteroBorn 1944; from Santa Fe Springs, California. U.S. Army, heavy vehicle driver; killed in action 1967 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam. Buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.
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 Joseph QuinteroBorn 1919 in Spain. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; apprentice carpenter. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Manuel QuinteroArrived at New York in 1883 aboard the Gallia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 30; physician.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 700 records for Quintero 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 · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
France7 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Ana QuinteroBorn 1908 in Morocco; died 1994 in Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Olivier James Robert QuinteroBorn 1961 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône); died 1981 in Fort-de-France (Martinique).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Carmen QuinteroBorn 1915 in Spain; died 1998 in Roanne (Loire).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 7 records for Quintero 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 Quintero.
- Quinta 156 · U.S. census
- Quintal 1,679 · U.S. census
- Quintana 37,657 · U.S. census
- Quintanilla 22,581 · U.S. census
- Quintard 123 · U.S. census
- Quinten 112 · U.S. census
- Quintin 676 · U.S. census
- Quinto 2,746 · U.S. census
- Quinton 3,452 · U.S. census
- Quintus 222 · U.S. census
- Quinty 115 · U.S. census
- Quirin 604 · U.S. census
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