Coelho

See also: coelho

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Coelho.

Proper noun

Coelho (plural Coelhos)

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

Pronunciation

(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/
- (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

a surname

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