Frontera

See also: frontera

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Frontera, from frontera (“border”).

Proper noun

Frontera (plural Fronteras)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Frontera is the 33379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 684 individuals. Frontera is most common among White (78.95%) and Hispanic/Latino (17.4%) individuals.

See also

• Castellar de la Frontera

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frontera”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 608.

Spanish

Etymology

From frontera (“border”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾonˈteɾa/ [fɾõn̪ˈt̪e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: Fron‧te‧ra

Proper noun

Frontera m or f by sense

1. a surname