Carballo

See also: carballo

English

Etymology

From Galician Carballo.

Proper noun

Carballo

  1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Carballo is the 6971st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4813 individuals. Carballo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.48%) and White (6.96%) individuals.

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From carballo (oak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈβaʎo̝/

Proper noun

Carballo m

  1. a town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
  2. a parish of Taboada, Lugo, Galicia
  3. a parish of Friol, Lugo, Galicia
  4. San Xil de Carballo (a parish of Samos, Lugo, Galicia)
  5. several villages and hamlets all along Galicia
  6. a toponymical surname

See also

References

  • Carballo” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Carballo” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “Carballo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

From Galician carballo (oak).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈbaʝo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈbaʎo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈbaʃo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈbaʒo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: Car‧ba‧llo

Proper noun

Carballo m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Galician