Chavoya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Chavoya.

Proper noun

Chavoya (plural Chavoyas)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chavoya is the 34427^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 658 individuals. Chavoya is most common among White (89.21%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chavoya”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 321.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈboʝa/ [t͡ʃaˈβ̞o.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃaˈboʝa/ [t͡ʃaˈβ̞o.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃaˈboʃa/ [t͡ʃaˈβ̞o.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃaˈboʒa/ [t͡ʃaˈβ̞o.ʒa]

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

Proper noun

Chavoya m or f by sense

1. a surname