Lobo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Portugal
Spain

Etymology of Lobo

What does the name Lobo mean?

In Portugal, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that described a person's temperament or appearance were frequently used. Such nicknames sometimes became hereditary and were passed down as surnames onto further generations. The name Lobo is thought to be derived from the Latin word "lupus," meaning "wolf."

Alternatively, the name could have been a patronymic name, meaning "Son of Lope", where Lope is a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning "wolf".

Early Origins of the Lobo family

The surname Lobo was first found in the province of Lugo where today it is the most common name in that area.

Lobo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lopez, Lopes, Lope, Llop, Lupus, Llopis and others.

Lobo Ranking

the United States, the name Lobo is the 13,468^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Lobo migration to the United States +

Lobo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan Lobo, who arrived in America in 1817 2
Josep Manuel Lobo, aged 21, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1827 2
F Lobo, aged 36, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829 2
Diego Lobo, who landed in Cartagena in 1835 2
Alonso Lobo, who arrived in Peru in 1850 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Lobo (post 1700) +

Luis Lobo (b. 1970), Argentine professional tennis player, gold medalist at the 1995 Pan American Games
Rebecca Lobo (b. 1973), American former WNBA basketball player who played from 1997 through 2003, WNBA All-Star (1999)
Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (1580-1622), Portuguese writer
Jorge Aldrete Lobo (1940-2020), Mexican chess International Master (IM) and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (2006)
Ramón Lobo Leyder (1955-2023), Spanish-Venezuelan journalist and writer who worked for Spanish newspaper El País
António Lobo Antunes GCSE, MD (b. 1942), Portuguese novelist and physician, a nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature
Porfiro Lobo Sosa (b. 1947), elected President of Honduras in 2010

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)