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

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

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Ulloa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “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): /uˈʝoa/ [uˈʝo.a] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /uˈʎoa/ [uˈʎo.a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /uˈʃoa/ [uˈʃo.a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /uˈʒoa/ [uˈʒo.a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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

Proper noun

Ulloa m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician