Porcayo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Porcayo.

Proper noun

Porcayo (plural Porcayos)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Porcayo is the 34032^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 668 individuals. Porcayo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (97.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Porcayo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poɾˈkaʝo/ [poɾˈka.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /poɾˈkaʝo/ [poɾˈka.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /poɾˈkaʃo/ [poɾˈka.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /poɾˈkaʒo/ [poɾˈka.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: Por‧ca‧yo

Proper noun

Porcayo m or f by sense

1. a surname