Rojas

See also: rojas and röjas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Rojas.

Proper noun

Rojas (plural Rojases)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rojas is the 285^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 108421 individuals. Rojas is most common among Hispanic/Latino (94.46%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Rojas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos. Doublet of Roxas, from an archaic spelling of the same surname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾohas/ [ˈɾ̪o.hɐs̪]
• Homophone: Roxas

Proper noun

Rojas (Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜑᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Roxas (Philippines, archaic)

Etymology

See roja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroxas/ [ˈro.xas]
• Rhymes: -oxas
• Syllabification: Ro‧jas

Proper noun

Rojas m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• → Cebuano: Rojas
• → Chinese: → 羅哈斯 / 罗哈斯 (Luóhāsī) (transliteration)
• → English: Rojas