Feijoo

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Feijoo is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Ecuador

  Also written Feijóo, Feijoó, Feijõõ

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Feijóo, Feijoó

• Italian surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Spain, United States, Peru

  Also written Feijoó, Feijóo

• Danish surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Spain

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Feijóo, Fëïjöö, Feijoó, Feijöö

• Turkish surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Ecuador

  Also written Feijoó, Feijóo

• Romanian surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Feijoó, Feijóo

• Polish surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain

  Also written Feijóo, Feijoó

• Bulgarian surname9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian

  Also written Feijóo, Feijòo

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Benito Jerónimo Feijoob. 1677ESSpanish monk and scholar
• Urbano Feijoo Sotomayorb. 1808ESSpanish politician
• Bernardo Canal Feijóob. 1897ARArgentinian writer (1897-1982)
• Beda Docampo Feijóob. 1948ESSpanish director
• Alfonso Feijoob. 1953ESSpanish rugby union footballer and coach
• Alberto Núñez Feijóob. 1961ESSpanish politician (born 1961)
• José Feijóob. 1963UYUruguayan writer
• Pedro Feijoob. 1975ESSpanish writer
• Juan Carlos Navarrob. 1980ESnot in their usual nameSpanish basketball player (born 1980)
• Pablo Feijoob. 1982ESSpanish sportsperson

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Feijoo mean, and where does it come from?

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician]. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Feijoo?

A machine transcription gives /feixoo/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Feijoo have the most bearers?

In Spain, the national register counted about 5.7 thousand people named Feijoo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled feijoo.

Where is Feijoo most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Feijoo is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 3.0 thousand people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Feijoo?

In Spain, the national register counted 5,732 people named Feijoo, about 1 in 8.7 thousand residents.

How common is Feijoo compared with other names?

In Spain, Feijoo is the 939th most common surname of 395,154 surnames recorded there.