Lopez

See also: López

English

Etymology

Anglicization of Spanish López.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloʊ.pɛz/

Proper noun

Lopez

1. A municipality of Quezon, Philippines.
2. A patrilineal surname from Spanish of English speakers.
   • 2013, Richard Lee Colvin, Tilting at Windmills:

     She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.

3. Misspelling of López, commonly used in English.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 露柏絲 / 露柏丝 (lou⁶ paak³ si¹)

  Mandarin: 洛佩茲 / 洛佩兹 (zh) (Luòpèizī) (Mainland China), 羅培茲 / 罗培兹 (Luópéizī) (Taiwan)

• Greek: Λόπεζ (el) (López)
• Hindi: लोपेस m or f (lopes)
• Japanese: ロペス (Ropesu)
• Korean: 로페스 (ropeseu), 로페즈 (ropejeu)
• Thai: โลเปซ

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lopez is the 12^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 874,523 individuals. Lopez is most common among Hispanic/Latino (95.0%) individuals.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish López.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Lo‧pez
• IPA^(key): /ˈlopes/ [ˈl̪o.pes̪]

Proper noun

López (Badlit spelling ᜎᜓᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a common surname from Spanish, common across Visayas and Mindanao.
   • 2018 July 25, Querubin, Flor V, “Gi-salvage sa Mandaue City Nailhan Na”, in SuperBalita Cebu:

     Nasayran nga usa ka Nene Lopez, nagpa-ilang^[sic] iyaan sa namatay ang misusi sa punerarya human nga nasayod sa mga nanggawas nga balita nga adunay patay nga gituohang gilabay sa dakbayan sa Mandaue nga nimay-ong sa description sa iyang pag-umangkon.

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish López.

Proper noun

López

1. a common surname from Spanish

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish López.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlopes/ [ˈlo.pes]
• Hyphenation: Lo‧pez

Proper noun

López (Kur-itan spelling ᜎᜓᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a common surname from Spanish

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Lopiz

Etymology

From Lopo +‎ -ez (“son of”).

Proper noun

Lopez

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Descendants

• Portuguese: Lopes

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish López. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

The municipality is named after alcalde mayor Candido López.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlopes/ [ˈloː.pɛs]
• Rhymes: -opes
• Syllabification: Lo‧pez

Proper noun

Lopez (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a common surname from Spanish
2. Lopez (a municipality of Quezon, Philippines)

Further reading

• Lopez, Quezon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia