Avanceña

== Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Avanceña, from Arabic اِبْن سِينَا (ibn sīnā, “Avicenna”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔavanˈsenja/ [ʔɐ.vɐn̪ˈsɛː.ɲɐ] IPA(key): (with nativization) /ʔabanˈsenja/ [ʔɐ.bɐn̪ˈsɛː.ɲɐ], (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) /ʔabanˈsenja/ [ʔɐ.bɐn̪ˈsɛn̪.jɐ] Rhymes: -enja Syllabification: A‧van‧ce‧ña === Proper noun === Avanceña (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ) a surname from Spanish [in turn from Arabic] ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Avanceña (or Avancena) is the 2,027th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 5,671 individuals.