Villegas

English

Etymology

From Spanish.

Proper noun

Villegas

1. A surname from Spanish.

Anagrams

• villages

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Vi‧lle‧gas

Proper noun

Villegas

1. a surname from Spanish

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biˈʝeɡas/ [biˈʝe.ɣ̞as]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /biˈʝeɡas/ [biˈʝe.ɣ̞as]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /biˈʎeɡas/ [biˈʎe.ɣ̞as]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /biˈʃeɡas/ [biˈʃe.ɣ̞as]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /biˈʒeɡas/ [biˈʒe.ɣ̞as]

• Rhymes: -eɡas
• Syllabification: Vi‧lle‧gas

Proper noun

Villegas m or f by sense

1. a surname

Statistics

• According to official data by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in 2016, Villegas occurs in Spain as a first surname by 16,504 individuals, and as a second surname by 16,367 individuals. It is prevalent in Madrid, Barcelona, Almería, Seville, Huelva, and Cádiz.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /vilˈjeɡas/ [vɪlˈjɛː.ɣɐs]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /bilˈjeɡas/ [bɪlˈjɛː.ɣɐs]
• Rhymes: -eɡas
• Syllabification: Vil‧le‧gas

Proper noun

Villegas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜄᜐ᜔)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Villegas is the 78^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 73,081 individuals.