Quinteros
A Spanish surname likely tied to a place name, especially one connected with vineyards or fields of vines.
The #8,485 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 79,471 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Quinteros is most likely a Spanish surname built from a place-name or regional term related to a quinta, a rural estate or farm, ultimately from Latin roots connected with the number five and the idea of a country property. In Spanish surname history, names in this shape often began as identifiers for people from a place called Quintero/Quinteros or from an estate bearing that name. The ending -os fits a Spanish plural or toponymic form, but the exact original locality is not certain from the available evidence.
History
The surname is found in Spanish-speaking countries and in Hispanic communities abroad. In the 20th and 21st centuries it appears especially in Latin America and the United States through migration. The excerpt provided is only an incidental mention of a bearer, not a true etymological explanation, so the origin remains based on general surname patterning rather than direct source support.
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Fun fact
The closely related surname Quintero is more common, and Quinteros may be a regional or family-plural form of the same base name.
From the historical record
“Juan de Dios Bravo M. Víctor M. Lopez M. Marcelo Mora Luis Ramos Fermin Quinteros Francisco R. Núñez Teodoro Tapia Juan N. Tapia Juan de Dios Faris Eliseo Vera Rodolfo Lobú Eulojio 2.0 Rodriguez”
— Diccionario de los apellidos