Abrantes

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Abrantes.

Proper noun

Abrantes (plural Abranteses)

1. A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abrantes is the 36736^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 608 individuals. Abrantes is most common among White (67.76%), Asian/Pacific Islander (15.13%) and Hispanic/Latino (11.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abrantes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɾɐ̃.t͡ʃis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɾɐ̃.t͡ʃis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈbɾɐ̃.t͡ʃiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɾɐ̃.tes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɾɐ̃.tɨʃ/ [ɐˈβɾɐ̃.tɨʃ]

• Hyphenation: A‧bran‧tes

• Audio (Portugal):

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Proper noun

Abrantes

1. A city and municipality of Santarém district, Portugal

Usage notes

Abrantes is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Proper noun

Abrantes m or f by sense

1. a surname

Related terms

• abrantino