Coelho

See also: coelho

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Coelho.

Proper noun

Coelho (plural Coelhos)

1. A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Coelho is the 6124^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5593 individuals. Coelho is most common among White (84.11%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Coelho”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 350.

Portuguese

Etymology

From coelho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈe.ʎu/, /kuˈe.ʎu/ [kʊˈe.ʎu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwe.ʎu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈe.ʎu/, /kuˈe.ʎu/ [kʊˈe.ʎu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwe.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈe.ʎo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ(j).ʎu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɐ(j).ʎu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwe.ʎu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwe.ʎu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwe.ʎu/

• Rhymes: -eʎu
• Homophone: coelho
• Hyphenation: Co‧e‧lho

Proper noun

Coelho m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the common noun