Carballo

See also: carballo

English

Etymology

From Galician Carballo.

Proper noun

Carballo

1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Carballo is the 6971^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4813 individuals. Carballo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.48%) and White (6.96%) individuals.

Galician

Carballo, A Coruña

Alternative forms

• Carvalho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From carballo (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈβaʎo̝/

Proper noun

Carballo m

1. A town and municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
2. A parish of Taboada, Lugo, Galicia
3. A parish of Friol, Lugo, Galicia
4. San Xil de Carballo (a parish of Samos, Lugo, Galicia)
5. several villages and hamlets all along Galicia
6. a toponymical surname

Related terms

• carballo

See also

• Carballo on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Galician carballo (“oak”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbaʝo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaɾˈbaʝo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaɾˈbaʎo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaɾˈbaʃo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaɾˈbaʒo/ [kaɾˈβ̞a.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒo

• Syllabification: Car‧ba‧llo

Proper noun

Carballo m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician