Lobo (surname)
| Lobo | |
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| Meaning | toponymic; literally "wolf" |
Lobo is a surname found in the Galician, Spanish and Portuguese languages meaning "wolf", and in other languages with other meanings.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 14.0% of all known bearers of the surname Lobo were residents of Mozambique (frequency 1:969), 11.0% of India (1:34,838), 9.5% of Argentina (1:2,251), 7.5% of Venezuela (1:2,015), 6.8% of Colombia (1:3,485), 5.3% of Portugal (1:981), 5.0% of Angola (1:2,681), 4.6% of Brazil (1:21,950), 4.5% of Spain (1:5,111), 4.4% of Honduras (1:995), 4.3% of the Philippines (1:11,774), 4.2% of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1:8,816), 3.1% of Costa Rica (1:780), 2.6% of the United States (1:69,888), 2.2% of Indonesia (1:29,323), 1.5% of Bolivia (1:3,542) and 1.0% of Mexico (1:61,967).
In Spain, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:5,111) in the following regions:[1]
- 1. Asturias (1:1,525)
- 2. Castile and León (1:1,921)
- 3. Community of Madrid (1:3,055)
- 4. Extremadura (1:3,363)
- 5. Andalusia (1:3,507)
In Costa Rica, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:780) in the following provinces:
- 1. Heredia (1:463)
- 2. Alajuela (1:510)
- 3. Puntarenas (1:726)
People
- Almiro Lobo (born 1982), known as Miro, Mozambican football defender
- Alonso Lobo (1555–1617), Spanish composer of the late Renaissance
- Amberley Lobo (born 1990), Australian television presenter
- Anthony Theodore Lobo (born 1937), Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop
- António Lobo de Almada Negreiros (1868–1939), Portuguese journalist, colonialist writer, essayist and poet
- Baltasar Lobo (1910–1993), Spanish artist, anarchist and sculptor
- Cavin Lobo (born 1988), Indian footballer
- Claude Lobo (1943–2011), French car designer
- Duarte Lobo (1565–1646), Portuguese composer of the late Renaissance
- Edu Lobo (born 1943), Brazilian singer, guitarist, and composer
- Emerico Lobo de Mesquita (1746–1805), Brazilian composer, music teacher, conductor and organist
- Emiro Lobo (1948–2007), Venezuelan painter, graphic artist and designer
- Erik Lobo (born 1970), known as Mr Lobo, American artist and comedic actor
- Eugenio Gerardo Lobo (1679–1750), Spanish soldier and poet
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (1580–1622), Portuguese poet and bucolic writer
- Ignatius P. Lobo (1919–2010), Indian prelate of the Catholic Church
- Ildo Lobo (1953–2004), Cape Verdean singer
- Jerónimo Lobo (1593–1678), Portuguese Jesuit missionary
- Julio Lobo (1898–1983), Cuban sugar trader and financier
- Leonard D. Lobo, former headmaster of St Columba's School, Delhi, India
- Luis Lobo (born 1970), Argentine professional tennis player
- Mario Humberto Lobo (born 1964), Argentine former footballer
- Michael Lobo (born 1953), Mangalorean Catholic scientist and genealogist
- Nahuel Lobo (born 1991), Argentine rugby union footballer
- Pedro Lobo (born 1954), Brazilian photographer
- Pepe Lobo (born 1947), President of Honduras
- Rebecca Lobo (born 1973), American television basketball analyst and former professional basketball player
- Ricardo Lobo (born 1984), Brazilian football striker
- Rogerio Hyndman Lobo (born 1923), Macanese businessman
- Rogerio Lobo (boxer) (1971–2006), Brazilian professional boxer
- Sascha Lobo (born 1975), German blogger, writer, journalist and copywriter
- Stephen Lobo (born 1973), Canadian actor
- Tatiana Lobo (born 1939), Costa Rican author