Aguayo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aguayo.

Proper noun

Aguayo (plural Aguayos)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Aguayo is the 2799^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12876 individuals. Aguayo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (95.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aguayo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 13.

Spanish

Etymology

From aguayo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡwaʝo/ [aˈɣ̞wa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡwaʝo/ [aˈɣ̞wa.ʝo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /aˈɡwaʃo/ [aˈɣ̞wa.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aˈɡwaʒo/ [aˈɣ̞wa.ʒo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /aˈɡwajo/ [aˈɣ̞wa.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: A‧gua‧yo

Proper noun

Aguayo m or f by sense

1. a surname