Pessoa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Pessoa.
Proper noun
Pessoa (plural Pessoas)
- A surname from Portuguese.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pessoa is the 41100th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 530 individuals. Pessoa is most common among White (65.66%) and Black/African American (20.38%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pessoa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈso(w).ɐ/ [peˈso(ʊ̯).ɐ], (dated) /piˈso(w).ɐ/ [piˈso(ʊ̯).ɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peˈso(w).ɐ/ [peˈso(ʊ̯).ɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peˈso(w).ɐ/ [peˈso(ʊ̯).ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈso(w).a/ [peˈso(ʊ̯).a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈso.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈso(w).ɐ/
- Homophone: pessoa
- Hyphenation: Pes‧so‧a
Proper noun
Pessoa m or f by sense
- a surname