Chagoya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Chagoya, from Basque Txagoia.

Proper noun

Chagoya (plural Chagoyas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chagoya is the 19852^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1354 individuals. Chagoya is most common among Hispanic/Latino (94.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chagoya”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈɡoʝa/ [t͡ʃaˈɣ̞o.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃaˈɡoʝa/ [t͡ʃaˈɣ̞o.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃaˈɡoʃa/ [t͡ʃaˈɣ̞o.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃaˈɡoʒa/ [t͡ʃaˈɣ̞o.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: Cha‧go‧ya

Proper noun

Chagoya m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque