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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese and Galician Fidalgo.
Proper noun
Fidalgo (plural Fidalgos)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Fidalgo is the 34707th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Fidalgo is most common among White (59.6%) and Hispanic/Latino (29.95%) individuals.
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From fidalgo (“nobleman”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fidalgo
- a surname
References
- "Fidalgo" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Fidalgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From fidalgo (“nobleman”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Fidalgo m or f by sense (uncountable)
- a surname
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈdalɡo/
- Rhymes: -alɡo
- Syllabification: Fi‧dal‧go
Proper noun
Fidalgo m or f by sense
- a surname from Galician