Ramalho

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Ramalho.

Proper noun

Ramalho (plural Ramalhos)

1. A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ramalho is the 39555^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 556 individuals. Ramalho is most common among White (76.98%) and Black/African American (10.43%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ramalho”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈma.ʎu/ [haˈma.ʎu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈma.ʎu/ [haˈma.ʎu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈma.ʎu/ [χaˈma.ʎu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈma.ʎo/ [haˈma.ʎo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈma.ʎu/

• Rhymes: -aʎu
• Hyphenation: Ra‧ma‧lho

Proper noun

Ramalho m or f by sense

1. a surname