Filosa

Filosa

1. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Cercozoa – euglyphids.

Borrowed from Italian Filosa.

Filosa (plural Filosas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Filosa is the 37544^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 593 individuals. Filosa is most common among White (96.63%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Filosa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 574.

From Sicilian filuosa (“fishing net”), a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman.

Filosa m or f by sense

1. a surname from Sicilian