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The Quiros surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,059 people carried this name — #10,491 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 96,200 people counted. That is up 26% from 2,430 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Quiros surname

Borrowed from Spanish Quiros. This surname is mostly found in Costa Rica.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Quiros» (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 2,881 people named Quiros 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 1,009
City of Buenos Aires 297
Santa Fe 238
Entre Ríos 171
Mendoza 163
Chaco 145
Jujuy 135
Corrientes 118

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 62 people named Quiros.

28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Guadeloupe.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 28
Guadeloupe 7
Gironde 5
Pas-de-Calais 4
Eure-et-Loir 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Haute-Garonne 2
Val-d’Oise 1
Vaucluse 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Quiros live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

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

Where they live today

Valais 15
Vaud 4
Zurich 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

Quiros in American newspapers,
1908–1925.

Newspaper page from El Internacional carrying the name Quiros
El Internacional 1924-05-16
Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Quiros
Arizona Republican 1908-05-11
Newspaper page from The White Mountain Echo carrying the name Quiros
The White Mountain Echo 1925-08-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,149 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Quiros,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bolívar Quirós 1949–2000 · association football player
  • Inma Pérez-Quirós 1961– · actor
  • Heriberto Quiros 1972– · association football player
  • Yannick Quiros 1995– · basketball player
  • Matias David Quiros Herrera 1998– · basketball player
  • Oslo 1998– · drag performer

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Quiros.

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