Quinones History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Etymology of Quinones

What does the name Quinones mean?

In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. The original bearer of the name Quinones, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Quinones family originally lived on a piece of land that was shared between a group of co-tenants for sowing having derived from the Spanish word quinon, and ultimately from the Latin word quinio, which mean a group of five.

Early Origins of the Quinones family

The surname Quinones was first found in Asturias, birthplace of the Christian Reconquest of Spain from the Muslims.

Early History of the Quinones family

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Quinones Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Quiñones, de Quiñones, Quinones, de Quinones, Quiñón, de Quiñón, Quiñon, de Quiñon, Quinón, de Quinón, Quinon and many more.

Early Notables of the Quinones family

Prominent among members of the family were Suero de Quiñones, a fourteenth century knight of the Reconquest; Francis Quiñones (c.1482-1540), a Spanish (Kingdom of León) cardinal; Luis Quiñones...
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Quinones Ranking

In the United States, the name Quinones is the 1,211^st most popular surname with an estimated 24,870 people with that name. 1

Quinones migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Quinones Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Pedro de Quiñones, who sailed to Hispaniola in 1534
Rodrigo de Quiñones, who sailed to Cartagena in 1534
Francisco de Quiñones, who sailed to America in 1535
Juan Jorge Quiñones, who accompanied the expedition of Francisco Fajardo to Venezuela in 1559
Juana de Quiñones, who sailed to Mexico in 1576
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Quinones Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Rodrigo De Quinones, who arrived in Cartagena in 1834 2
Juana De Quinones, who arrived in Peru in 1876 2
Maria De Quinones, who landed in Peru in 1876 2
Mariana Quinones, who arrived in New Spain in 1877 2
Bernardina De Quinones, who arrived in New Spain in 1877 2
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Quinones migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3

Quinones Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Pedro De Quinones, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1834 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Quinones (post 1700) +

John M. Quiñones, American television journalist
Tom Quinones, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 2004 4
Peter Kenneth Quinones (b. 1965), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico, 2004 4
Myrna Quinones, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984 4
Jose N. Quinones, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1916 4
Jose Quinones, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1940 4
Francisco P. Quinones, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1908 4
Carmen Quinones, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 2000 4
José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones (1898-1980), Spanish politician during the Second Republic
Luis Raúl Quiñones (b. 1962), Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
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Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html