Yñiguez

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish Ýñiguez. Doublet of Iñiguez.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈynjiɡes/ [ˈyɲɪ.ɣɛs]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈynjiɡes/ [ˈyn̪jɪ.ɣɛs]
  • Rhymes: -iɡes
  • Syllabification: Yñi‧guez

Proper noun

Yñiguez (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜌᜒᜄᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Yñiguez (or Yniguez) is the 8,412th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 1,740 individuals.