Zelaya

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English

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Zelaya (surname)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zelaya, from Basque Zelaia, habitational surname from zelai (“field”).

Proper noun

Zelaya (plural Zelayas)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Zelaya is the 2886^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12448 individuals. Zelaya is most common among Hispanic/Latino (94.06%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zelaya”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈlaʝa/

IPA^(key): (most of Latin America, Philippines) /seˈlaʝa/
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈlaʃa/
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈlaʒa/

Rhymes: -aʝa
Syllabification: Ze‧la‧ya

Proper noun

Zelaya m or f by sense

a surname from Basque

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