Gallego

See also: gallego

English

Etymology

From Spanish gallego (“Galician”).

Proper noun

Gallego

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gallego is the 5971^th 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.

Spanish

Etymology

From gallego (“Galician”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝeɡo/ [ɡaˈʝe.ɣ̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈʝeɡo/ [ɡaˈʝe.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ɡaˈʎeɡo/ [ɡaˈʎe.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃeɡo/ [ɡaˈʃe.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒeɡo/ [ɡaˈʒe.ɣ̞o]

• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: Ga‧lle‧go

Proper noun

Gallego m or f by sense

1. a surname