Argüelles

See also: Arguelles

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Asturian Argüeyes, a place name.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /aɾˈɡweʝes/ [aɾˈɣ̞we.ʝes] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /aɾˈɡweʎes/ [aɾˈɣ̞we.ʎes] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /aɾˈɡweʃes/ [aɾˈɣ̞we.ʃes] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /aɾˈɡweʒes/ [aɾˈɣ̞we.ʒes] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: Ar‧güe‧lles

Proper noun

Argüelles m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Statistics

  • According to official data by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística in 2016, Argüelles occurs in Spain as a first surname by 4,128 individuals, and as a second surname by 4,118 individuals. It is prevalent in Asturias, Madrid, Barcelona, and Granada.

See also

  • Arguelles (variant without the diaeresis, used in the United States and the Philippines)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.