Quintero (surname)

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For meanings of Quintero, see Quintero (disambiguation).

Quintero is a Spanish surname originating in the Spanish region of Castilla. The name comes from Quinto or Quinta which means "fifth". Quintero was a renter of Quintas (also known as Haciendas, Spanish for "Ranchs". The Quintero would rent one fifth of the land and would pay as rent one fifith of his produce of the land to the landlord.