Moscoso

English Etymology From en es Moscoso, from en gl Moscoso. Proper noun s en Spanish < Galician. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Moscoso is the 11739th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2669 individuals. Moscoso is most common among Hispanic/Latino (86.77%) individuals. Galician thumb| Coat of arms of the Moscoso house Etymology From Latin la muscōsum, accusative singular of la muscōsus, meaning mossy. Doublet of es musgoso. Early forms of the surname came in the form "Mosscosso," which supports the aforementioned origin, given it is the voicing of late Latin 's' that gave rise to the g in 'sc' clusters in Spanish and Galician (such as in es musgoso). Alternatively, from gl mosca oso fly place with. However, there are few, if any examples, in which Latin word-final "a" becomes "o", making this latter etymology unlikely. The surname, from a Galician Medieval noble house. Pronunciation gl /mosˈkoso̝/ Proper noun gl parish municipality/Pazos de Borbén p/Pontevedra autonomous community/Galicia gl village parish/Rodeiro municipality/Oza-Cesuras p/A Coruña autonomous community/Galicia gl village parish/Ardemil municipality/Ordes p/A Coruña autonomous community/Galicia gl toponymical gl 1467 J. A. Souto Cabo Crónica de Santa María de Iria Santiago Ediciós do Castro 102 Enã era de mjll et quatroçentos et saseẽta et çinquo, prendeu Vernaldo Eanes de Moscoso ao arçobispo de Santiago, don Afonso de Fonseca, eña villa de Noya, et o teuo preso dous años, pouquo mays. In the year of 1465 Bernaldo Eanes of Moscoso captured the archbishop of Santiago [de Compostela], Don Afonso de Fonseca, in the town of Noia, and he kept him imprisoned for two year, or a little more References Kinaray-a Etymology krj es Moscoso, from krj gl Moscoso. krj. Pronunciation Proper noun krj Spanish < Galician, common in Antique Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun mfbysense es Galician