Choy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of Choi.
Proper noun
[edit]Choy (plural Choys)
- A surname from Korean or Cantonese.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Choy is the 6467th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5254 individuals. Choy is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (75.22%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Choy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 331.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Cantonese 蔡 (coi3).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Choy m or f by sense
- a surname from Cantonese
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Korean
- English surnames from Cantonese
- Spanish terms borrowed from Cantonese
- Spanish terms derived from Cantonese
- Spanish 1-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/oi
- Rhymes:Spanish/oi/1 syllable
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns with multiple genders
- Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Spanish surnames
- Spanish surnames from Cantonese