Somoza

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish, of Galician origin. === Proper noun === Somoza (plural Somozas) A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician]. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Somoza is the 21218th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1237 individuals. Somoza is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.15%) individuals. == Galician == === Etymology === Attested as Submoncia in 569 and as Somoça in Medieval Galician; from Latin sub- (“under; before”) and *montia, an accusative plural (compare Zanfoga) of a neuter form of mōns (“mountain”), so meaning "beneath the mountains". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /soˈmoθa̝/ === Proper noun === Somoza ? a village in Asados parish, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia a village in A Rúa de Valdeorras parish, A Rúa, Ourense, Galicia a village in Asadur parish, Maceda, Ourense, Galicia a parish of Pobra de Trives, Ourense, Galicia a village in Botos parish, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia a toponymical surname ==== Related terms ==== A Somoza As Somozas Castelo de Somoza === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Somoza”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega "Somoza" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /soˈmoθa/ [soˈmo.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /soˈmosa/ [soˈmo.sa] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -oθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -osa (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: So‧mo‧za === Proper noun === Somoza m or f by sense a surname from Galician