Amezcua
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Amezcua, from Basque Ametzkoa, a habitational surname from ametz (“Pyrenean oak”).
Proper noun
[edit]Amezcua (plural Amezcuas)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Amezcua is the 4889th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7206 individuals. Amezcua is most common among Hispanic/Latino (96.84%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Amezcua”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 34.
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈmeθkwa/ [aˈmeθ.kwa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈmeskwa/ [aˈmes.kwa]
- Rhymes: -eθkwa
- Rhymes: -eskwa
- Syllabification: A‧mez‧cua
Proper noun
[edit]Amezcua m or f by sense
- a surname from Basque
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eθkwa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eθkwa/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/eskwa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eskwa/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
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