Souto

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English

Proper noun

Souto (plural Soutos)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Souto is the 26451st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 923 individuals. Souto is most common among White (60.02%) and Hispanic/Latino (33.59%) individuals.

Galician

Etymology

From souto (“chestnut grove”), from Latin saltus (“forest”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Souto

  1. a large number of hamlets and villages all along Galicia
  2. A parish of Paderne, A Coruña, Galicia
  3. Souto de Torres (a parish of Castroverde, Lugo, Galicia)
  4. Souto de Ferradal (a parish of Láncara, Lugo, Galicia)
  5. Souto de Limia (a parish of Muíños, Ourense, Galicia)
  6. A parish of San Cristovo de Cea, Ourense, Galicia
  7. A parish of A Peroxa, Ourense, Galicia
  8. A parish of A Estrada, Pontevedra, Galicia
  9. a toponymical surname

References

  • “Souto” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “Souto” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Souto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From souto (“chestnut grove, thicket”),[1] from Latin saltus (“forest”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Souto m

  1. a toponym indicating a chestnut grove or plantation:
    1. A parish of Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro district, Portugal;
    2. A parish of Terras de Bouro, Braga district, Portugal;
    3. A parish of Sabugal, Guarda district, Portugal;
    4. A village in Pombal parish, Pombal, Leiria district, Portugal;
    5. A parish of Abrantes, Santarém district, Portugal;
    6. A parish of Arcos de Valdevez, Viana do Castelo district, Portugal;
    7. A village in Telões parish, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Vila Real district, Portugal;
    8. A parish of Penedono, Viseu district, Portugal.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Souto m or f

  1. a toponymical surname

References

  1. ^ “Souto”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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