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Quintela

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Portuguese and Galician : habitational name from any of the numerous places named Quintela, from a diminutive of quinta ‘five’, denoting a holding with dues amounting to one fifth of the produce. Compare Quintana.

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