Raposo

See also: raposo

English

Alternative forms

• Rapozo

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Raposo, from raposo (“fox”).

Proper noun

Raposo (plural Raposos)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Raposo is the 11179^th 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

• IPA^(key): /raˈposo̝/

Proper noun

Raposo

1. 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.