Quiroz
A Spanish surname most likely linked to a place name or regional family name from the Iberian world.
The #1,280 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 11,247 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Quiroz is a Spanish surname, traditionally understood as a habitational name, meaning it originally identified someone who came from a place called Quiroz or from a similarly named locality. In Spanish surname practice, many names of this type developed from the name of a town, estate, or district and were then passed down hereditarily. The deeper place-name root is not always certain, so the surname’s earliest literal sense is best treated as “from Quiroz.”
History
The name is found in Spain and spread widely through the Spanish-speaking world, especially in the Americas, through colonial-era migration and later movement. It is well established as a hereditary family name rather than a descriptive nickname. In modern usage it is common in Latin American countries and in Hispanic communities in the United States.
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Fun fact
The accent mark in the spelling Quirós simply reflects Spanish orthography; many records in the Americas omit it, producing Quiroz or Quiros.