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| Pronunciation | Quintero |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | The fifth takers |
| Region of origin | Spain, Castile |
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Quintero is a Spanish surname originating in the Spanish region of Galicia.[2] The name comes from quinto or quinta which means "fifth". It may be that the term "quintero" originally referred to "A man who collects the King's Fifth Part". In other words, "A Tax Collector for the King of Spain". The King would have selected noble families who he could trust and rely on to gather the fifth part of everything that his subjects owned, produced, or cultivated. This was done yearly and went into the coffers of the King for his personal needs and to run his government.[3]
It is also possible that a "quintero" was a renter of quintas (also known as haciendas, the Spanish equivalent to a ranch). The quintero would rent one-fifth of the land and pay as rent one-fifth of his produce of the land to the landlord.
It may also be the case that the surname is habitational, derived from a place called Quintero in Ourense province, so named from Galician quinteiro, meaning "farmstead".[4]
- ^ 1990 Census Name Files Archived 2010-10-07 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
- ^ http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Quintero-family-history.ashx [user-generated source]
- ^ "FamilyTreeDNA - Genetic Testing for Ancestry, Family History & Genealogy". www.familytreedna.com. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Quintero-family-history.ashx [user-generated source]