Bedoya

Bedoya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bedoya, itself of Basque origin.

Proper noun

Bedoya (plural Bedoyas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bedoya is the 9486^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3429 individuals. Bedoya is most common among Hispanic/Latino (91.51%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bedoya”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beˈdoʝa/ [beˈð̞o.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈdoʝa/ [beˈð̞o.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beˈdoʃa/ [beˈð̞o.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈdoʒa/ [beˈð̞o.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Syllabification: Be‧do‧ya

Proper noun

Bedoya m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque