Veloso
See also: veloso
English
Etymology
Portuguese, Filipino, and Hispanic surname, either borrowed from Portuguese or Galician (via Spanish).
Proper noun
Veloso (plural Velosos)
- 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
Proper noun
Veloso
- 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
- a surname
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “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/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨˈlo.zu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨˈlo.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Homophone: veloso
- Hyphenation: Ve‧lo‧so
Proper noun
Veloso m (metaphonic)
- 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
- 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)
- a surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician], notably borne by:
- Lou Veloso, Filipina politician and actress
- 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.