Veloso

See also: veloso

English

Etymology

Portuguese, Filipino, and Hispanic surname, either borrowed from Portuguese or Galician (via Spanish).

Proper noun

Veloso (plural Velosos)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Veloso is the 22906th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1117 individuals. Veloso is most common among White (38.14%), Asian/Pacific Islander (34.11%), and Hispanic/Latino (23.19%) individuals.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish, from Galician.

Proper noun

Veloso

  1. a surname from Galician

Galician

Alternative forms

  • Beloso

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese veloso (hairy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈloso/ [beˈlo.s̺ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -oso

Proper noun

Veloso m

  1. a surname

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /veˈlo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veˈlo.zo/
 

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Homophone: veloso
  • Hyphenation: Ve‧lo‧so

Proper noun

Veloso m (metaphonic)

  1. a surname

Statistics

(Per Forebears 2014)

  • 226th most common surname in Angola
  • 267th most common surname in Brazil
  • 184th most common surname in Portugal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician or Portuguese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈloso/ [beˈlo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: Ve‧lo‧so

Proper noun

Veloso m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Galician or Portuguese

Statistics

(Per Forebears 2014)

  • 434th most common surname in Chile
  • 1,983rd most common surname in Argentina
  • 2,577th most common surname in Spain

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from Galician.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /veˈloso/ [vɛˈloː.so]
    • IPA(key): (with nativization) /beˈloso/ [bɛˈloː.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: Ve‧lo‧so

Proper noun

Veloso (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓᜐᜓ)

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician], notably borne by:
    1. Lou Veloso, Filipina politician and actress
    2. Mary Jane Veloso, Filipina worker on death row in Indonesia after being used as a drug mule by a drug syndicate

Statistics

  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Veloso is the 333rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 24,231 individuals.