Quintana Family History
Quintana Name Meaning
Spanish, Catalan, Asturian-Leonese, and Galician: habitational
name from any of the numerous places, large and small, named Quintana,
from quintana ‘country house’ (originally having a tax
liability of one fifth of the annual produce).variant
of French Quintaine, from an Old French term denoting a post
for jousting practice, hence a nickname for one who was skilled at
this.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Quintana
Name Distribution of Quintana Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Quintana families
 123 - 244  42 - 122 |
 1 - 41  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Quintana families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Quintana last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Quintana Family Origin
Quintana Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Quintana
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Quintana Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Quintana Civil War Service Records
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