Quintero (surname)
Quintero is a Spanish surname originating in the Spanish region of Galicia. The name comes from "quinto" or "quinta" which means "fifth". It is 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. Others have suggested, not dissimilarly, that the surname is habitational, derived from a place called Quintero in Ourense province, so named from "quinteiro", meaning "farmstead".