Ulloa

English

Proper noun

Ulloa (plural Ulloas)

1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ulloa is the 2743^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13133 individuals. Ulloa is most common among Hispanic/Latino (94.5%) individuals.

Galician

Castle of Pambre, A Ulloa

Alternative forms

• Ulhoa (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Latin Uliola, a diminutive, ancient name of the river Pambre, a tributary of the Ulla river.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈʎo.ɐ]

Proper noun

Ulloa f

1. A comarca in Lugo, Galicia
2. A parish of Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia
3. A village in Curbián parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia
4. Vilar de Ulloa (a village in Meixide parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia)
5. A village in San Breixo parish, Palas de Rei, Lugo, Galicia
6. A village in Oroso parish, Oroso, A Coruña, Galicia
7. a toponymical surname

Related terms

• Ulla

See also

• Ulloa on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uˈʝoa/ [uˈʝo.a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /uˈʝoa/ [uˈʝo.a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /uˈʎoa/ [uˈʎo.a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /uˈʃoa/ [uˈʃo.a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /uˈʒoa/ [uˈʒo.a]

• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: U‧llo‧a

Proper noun

Ulloa m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician