Urquijo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Urquijo, a Castilianized form of Basque Urkixo.

Proper noun

Urquijo (plural Urquijos)

1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Urquijo is the 41728^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 521 individuals. Urquijo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (91.94%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾˈkixo/ [uɾˈki.xo]
• Rhymes: -ixo
• Syllabification: Ur‧qui‧jo

Proper noun

Urquijo m or f by sense

1. a surname from Spanish