Villanueva
English
Etymology
From Spanish Villanueva. Common surname in the Philippines and Mexico.
Proper noun
Villanueva (plural Villanuevas)
- A surname from Spanish.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Villanueva is the 539th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 61883 individuals. Villanueva is most common among Hispanic/Latino (81.77%), and Asian/Pacific Islander (12.29%) individuals.
Aklanon
Etymology
From Spanish Villanueva. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
Proper noun
Villanueva
- a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Villanueva
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish Villanueva.
- (surname): Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
- (municipality): named after a General Villanueva (full name unknown), a Mexican soldier.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Vil‧la‧nu‧e‧va
- IPA(key): /biljanuˈweba/ [bɪl̪.jɐˈn̪wi.bɐ]
Proper noun
Villanueva
- a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Villanueva
- Villanueva (a municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines)
Central Bikol
Etymology
From Spanish Villanueva. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Vil‧la‧nue‧va
- IPA(key): /biʎanˈweba/ [bi.ʎan̪ˈwe.ba]
Proper noun
Villanueva
- a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Villanueva
Pangasinan
Etymology
From Spanish Villanueva. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
Proper noun
Villanueva
- a common surname from Spanish
Spanish
Etymology
From villa (“town”) + nueva (“new”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biʝaˈnweba/ [bi.ʝaˈnwe.β̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /biʎaˈnweba/ [bi.ʎaˈnwe.β̞a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /biʃaˈnweba/ [bi.ʃaˈnwe.β̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /biʒaˈnweba/ [bi.ʒaˈnwe.β̞a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -eba
- Syllabification: Vi‧lla‧nue‧va
Proper noun
Villanueva m or f by sense
- a surname
- any of a large number of towns in various Spanish-speaking countries
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Villanueva.
- (surname): Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.
- (municipality): Named after a Mexican general with the surname (full name unknown).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /viljanˈweva/ [vɪl.jɐn̪ˈwɛː.vɐ]
- IPA(key): (with nativization) /biljanˈweba/ [bɪl.jɐn̪ˈwɛː.bɐ]
- Rhymes: -eva, (with nativization) -eba
- Syllabification: Vil‧lan‧ue‧va
Proper noun
Villanueva (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜈᜓᜏᜒᜊ)
- a common surname from Spanish
- Villanueva (a municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines)
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Villanueva is the 10th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 277,730 individuals.