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The Quintin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 676 people carried this name — #33,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 8% from 624 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Quintin surname

Both from French Quintin and Spanish Quintín.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Quintin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,142 people named Quintin.

37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 départements, most often Finistère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 37
Finistère 493
Côtes-d’Armor 349
Paris 163
Morbihan 143
Pas-de-Calais 93
Lozère 83
Ille-et-Vilaine 77
Nord 58

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 373 people named Quintin live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Hainaut 212
Liège 51
Namur 41
Walloon Brabant 36
Brussels-Capital 28
Antwerp 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 79 people named Quintin 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 42
Río Negro 27
La Pampa 10

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

Who carried it

People named Quintin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis Quintin
    Louis Quintin 1836–1903 · surgeon
  • John Whitby Quintin d. 1833
  • Pierre Quintin 1569–1629 · military personnel
  • Gustave Quintin 1864–1908 · engineer of the French Corps of Bridges and Roads
  • Marguerite Quintin 1895–1986 · electrochemist
  • Jean Quintin 1920–1944 · cultivator

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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Surnames next to Quintin.

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