Gallego
See also: gallego
English
Etymology
From Spanish gallego (“Galician”).
Proper noun
Gallego
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gallego is the 5971th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5763 individuals. Gallego is most common among Hispanic/Latino (80.55%), White (11.89%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (5.99%) individuals.
See also
Spanish
Etymology
From gallego (“Galician”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈʝeɡo/ [ɡaˈʝe.ɣ̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈʎeɡo/ [ɡaˈʎe.ɣ̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈʃeɡo/ [ɡaˈʃe.ɣ̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈʒeɡo/ [ɡaˈʒe.ɣ̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɡo
- Syllabification: Ga‧lle‧go
Proper noun
Gallego m or f by sense
- a surname