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Patao Surname Meaning

Galician: topographic name from patao ‘vineyard’. Spanish: nickname from patao the name of an edible fish.

Portuguese (Patão): nickname from patão an augmentative of pato ‘duck’. Filipino: from a Hispanicized form of pataw ‘buoy floater’.

This word exists in the seafaring vocabulary of various languages of the Philippines, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Between 1960 and 2004, in the United States, Patao life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1960, and highest in 1989. The average life expectancy for Patao in 1960 was 48, and 74 in 2004.

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