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): (more native-sounding) /ʔabanˈsenja/ [ʔɐ.bɐn̪ˈsɛː.ɲɐ]
• Rhymes: -enja
• Syllabification: A‧van‧ce‧ña

Proper noun

Avanceña (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Arabic]

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Avanceña (or Avancena) is the 2,027^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 5,671 individuals.