Somoza

From Spanish, of Galician origin.

Somoza (plural Somozas)

1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Somoza is the 21218^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1237 individuals. Somoza is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.15%) individuals.

Attested as Submoncia in 569 and as Somoça in Medieval Galician; from Latin sub- (“under; before”) and *montia, an accusative plural (compare Zanfoga) of a neuter form of mōns (“mountain”), so meaning "beneath the mountains".

• IPA^(key): /soˈmoθa̝/

Somoza ?

1. a village in Asados parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia
2. a village in A Rúa de Valdeorras parish, A Rúa, Ourense, Galicia
3. a village in Asadur parish, Maceda, Ourense, Galicia
4. a parish of Pobra de Trives, Ourense, Galicia
5. a village in Botos parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia
6. a toponymical surname

• A Somoza
• As Somozas
• Castelo de Somoza

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “somoça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• "Somoza" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): /soˈmoθa/ [soˈmo.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /soˈmosa/ [soˈmo.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -osa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: So‧mo‧za

Somoza m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician