Quintas Family History

Portuguese, Galician, and Spanish: habitational name from any of the places called Quintas, especially in Galicia (Spain) and Portugal, from the plural of quinta ‘fifth’, denoting a small farm having a tax liability of one fifth of the annual produce, and subsequently a country house (compare Quintana).

Portuguese (Quintãs) and Galician (Quintás): habitational name from any of the places called Quintãs and Quintás respectively, from the plural derivative of Latin quintana (see Quintana).