Raposo
See also: raposo
English
Alternative forms
- Rapozo
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Raposo, from raposo (“fox”).
Proper noun
Raposo (plural Raposos)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Raposo is the 11179th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2829 individuals. Raposo is most common among White (80.21%) and Hispanic/Latino (16.61%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Raposo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Galician
Etymology
From raposo, "fox", and hence "astute". Equivalent to English Fox.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈposo̝/
Proper noun
Raposo
- a surname
References
- “Raposo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- "Raposo" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.