Calleja
See also: calleja
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Calleja (plural Callejas)
- A surname from Spanish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Calleja is the 15639th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1868 individuals. Calleja is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.95%) and White (25.16%) individuals.
Bikol Central
Etymology
From Spanish Calleja. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈʎeha/ [kaˈʎe.ha]
Proper noun
Calleja (Basahan spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜌ)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈʝexa/ [kaˈʝe.xa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaˈʎexa/ [kaˈʎe.xa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaˈʃexa/ [kaˈʃe.xa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaˈʒexa/ [kaˈʒe.xa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: Ca‧lle‧ja
Proper noun
Calleja m or f by sense
- a surname
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Calleja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024