Villegas
English
Etymology
From Spanish.
Proper noun
Villegas
- A surname from Spanish.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Vi‧lle‧gas
Proper noun
Villegas
- a surname from Spanish
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biˈʝeɡas/ [biˈʝe.ɣ̞as] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /biˈʎeɡas/ [biˈʎe.ɣ̞as] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /biˈʃeɡas/ [biˈʃe.ɣ̞as] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /biˈʒeɡas/ [biˈʒe.ɣ̞as] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eɡas
- Syllabification: Vi‧lle‧gas
Proper noun
Villegas m or f by sense
- 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): (with nativization) /bilˈjeɡas/ [bɪlˈjɛː.ɣɐs]
- Rhymes: -eɡas
- Syllabification: Vil‧le‧gas
Proper noun
Villegas (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜒᜄᜐ᜔)
- a surname from Spanish
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Villegas is the 78th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 73,081 individuals.