The word Ulloa in the world mostly comes as a

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from

A Ulloa A Ulloa is a comarca in the province of Lugo, Galicia, in northwestern Spain. Municipalities Municipalities include Antas de Ulla (capital), Monterroso, and Palas de Rei Palas de Rei is a town in the province of Lugo, Galicia in northweste ...

(and itself from the

Ulla River The Ulla (''río Ulla'' in Galician and Spanish) is a river in Galicia, Spain. Its source is sometimes given as Antas de Ulla and sometimes the neighbouring municipality of Monterroso. It flows to Ría de Arosa. Its basin is the largest in G ...

) in Galicia,

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, later expanded all over the world by emigration and American conquest, and may refer to:

Maritime

* Spanish cruiser ''Don Antonio de Ulloa'', Velasco-class cruiser

Natural history

* '' Turbonilla ulloa'', species of sea snail

Places

, region in Galicia, Spain *

Twin Islands (British Columbia) Twin Islands, formerly known as the Ulloa Islands, are two small islands southeast of Cortes Island, between the eastern coast of Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada and are part of the Discovery Islands. The southern is ...

, Canada, formerly known as the Ulloa Islands * Ulloa, Valle del Cauca, municipality in Colombia * Ulloa Street, a street name in

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Persons with the surname

Antonio de Ulloa Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giralt, FRS, FRSA, KOS (12 January 1716 – 3 July 1795) was a Spanish naval officer, scientist, and administrator. At the age of nineteen, he joined the French Geodesic Mission to what is now the country o ...

(1716–1795), Spanish general, explorer, author, astronomer, colonial administrator * Augusto Ulloa y Castañón (1823–1879), Spanish lawyer, politician, journalist *

Berny Ulloa Morera Berny Ulloa Morera (born August 5, 1950) is a retired football referee from Costa Rica. He officiated the match between Argentina and Bulgaria at the 1986 World Cup. He was a linesman in the famous game between England and Argentina in 1986 in ...

(born 1950), Costa Rican football referee * Carlos Ramírez Ulloa (1903–1980), Mexican civil engineer * Cynthia Calderón (born 1988), Peruvian model *

Edward Ulloa Edward Ulloa (born August 18, 1962) is an American attorney and former criminal prosecutor who received notoriety as the prosecutor for some of the first internet child sexual predator cases in California. Ulloa also drafted AB 2661 in 2000 that s ...

(born 1962), American attorney, criminal prosecutor *

Emilio Ulloa Emilio Ulloa Valenzuela (born October 22, 1954) is a retired male steeplechase runner from Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the ...

(born 1952), Chilean long-distance runner * Fabio Ulloa (born 1976), Honduran footballer *

Félix Ulloa Félix Augusto Antonio Ulloa Garay (born 6 April 1951) is a Salvadoran politician and lawyer who became Vice President of El Salvador on 1 June 2019.Fernando Cepeda Ulloa (born 1938), Colombian political scientist, professor, diplomat *

Francisco Ulloa (accordionist) Francisco Ulloa is a famous merengue accordionist, specializing in merengue típico. He is known for his skill and improvisation technique on the accordion, and started his career around the same time as Tatico Henriquez, which some consider ...

, Dominican Republic accordionist * Francisco de Ulloa (died 1540), Spanish explorer * Gerardo Ulloa Pérez (born 1965), Mexican politician * Hilario Ulloa, Nicaraguan politician *

Ignacio Ulloa Rubio Ignacio Ulloa Rubio (born in Madrid in 1967) is a Spanish Judge and a member of the European General Court. He studied in Madrid's (Complutense University The Complutense University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; UCM, links ...

(born 1967), Spanish judge *

Jose Domingo Ulloa Mendieta Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. *Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galilean ...

(born 1956), Panamanian clergy * José Francisco Ulloa (born 1940), Costa Rican clergy * Juanma Bajo Ulloa (born 1967), Spanish Basque film director *

Leonardo Ulloa José Leonardo Ulloa Fernández (; born 26 July 1986) is an Argentine retired professional footballer who played as a striker. After starting out with CAI, he joined San Lorenzo in 2005, going on to spend the better part of the following year ...

(born 1986), Argentine footballer * Manuel Ulloa Elías (1922–1992), Peruvian politician, economist * Óscar Ulloa (born 1986), Salvadoran footballer *

Pedro Osores de Ulloa Pedro Osores de Ulloa (Saa, Vigo, 1554 – Concepcion, Chile, September 18, 1624) was Royal Governor of Chile from November 1621 to September 1624. He replaced Cristóbal de la Cerda y Sotomayor. On his death bed Osores appointed his brother-i ...

(1554–1624), Spanish Governor of Chile *

Ricardo Ulloa Ricardo Antonio Ulloa Alonzo (born 2 July 1990) is a Salvadoran professional footballer. Club career CD FAS On 30 July 2010, Ulloa played his first game for FAS as an 86th minute sub against Xelajú, the match ended 1–1, then 2 days later ...

(born 1990), Salvadoran footballer *

Roberto Ulloa Roberto Augusto Ulloa (March 1, 1924 – December 8, 2020) was an Argentine politician and captain in the Argentine Navy. He was a Governor of Salta Province for two tenures: 1977 to 1983 (de facto) and 1991 to 1995. He was the founder and leade ...

(1924–2020), Argentinian politician *

Rudy Ulloa Rudy Fernando Ulloa Igor (born 1 April 1960 in Puerto Natales Chile) is an Argentinian politician, businessman, and media entrepreneur who was born in Chile of Chilean parents. Early life and education Ulloa was born 1 April 1960 in Puerto Natale ...

(born 1960), Argentinian politician, businessman, media entrepreneur * Tristán Ulloa (born 1970), Spanish actor, writer, director * Victor Ulloa (footballer, born 1992) (born 1992), American footballer * Víctor Ulloa (Peruvian footballer) (born 1991), Peruvian footballer {{disambiguation, surname Galician-language surnames