Raposo
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See also: raposo
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Raposo, from raposo (“fox”).
Proper noun
Raposo (plural Raposos)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Raposo is the 11179th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2829 individuals. Raposo is most common among White (80.21%) and Hispanic/Latino (16.61%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Raposo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Galician
Etymology
From raposo, "fox", and hence "astute". Equivalent to English Fox.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Raposo
- a surname
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Raposo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- "Raposo" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.