Lopez

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English

Etymology

Anglicization of Spanish López.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lopez

  1. A municipality of Quezon, Philippines.
  2. A patrilineal surname from Spanish of English speakers.
    • 2013, Richard Lee Colvin, Tilting at Windmills:
      She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.
  3. Misspelling of López.

Translations

Translations

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Lopez is the 12th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 874,523 individuals. Lopez is most common among Hispanic/Latino (95.0%) individuals.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish López.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Lo‧pez
  • IPA(key): /ˈlopes/

Proper noun

López (Badlit spelling ᜎᜓᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. a common surname from Spanish, common across Visayas and Mindanao.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Lopez.

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish López.

Proper noun

López

  1. a common surname from Spanish

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish López.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlopes/
  • Hyphenation: Lo‧pez

Proper noun

López (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜓᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. a common surname from Spanish

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Lopo +‎ -ez (“son of”).

Proper noun

Lopez

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic.

Descendants

  • Portuguese: Lopes

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish López. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

The municipality is named after alcalde mayor Candido López.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lopez (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. a common surname from Spanish
  2. Lopez (a municipality of Quezon, Philippines)

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