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Sotomayor
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English
Etymology
From a en es - habitational surname es Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called en gl Soutomaior, from gl souto grove + gl maior larger.
Proper noun
en Spanish,Galician.
w:Stephen Breyer Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opinion/stephen-breyer-friendship-court.html 2024-04-03 Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law. https://web.archive.org/web/20240406041123/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opinion/stephen-breyer-friendship-court.html
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Sotomayor is the 7859th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4210 individuals. Sotomayor is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.71%) individuals.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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es Galician