Hinojosa

English

Alternative forms

• Hinojoza

Etymology

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Hinojosa.

Proper noun

Hinojosa (plural Hinojosas)

1. A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hinojosa is the 1352^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26146 individuals. Hinojosa is most common among Hispanic/Latino (93.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hinojosa”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 181.

Spanish

Etymology

From hinojo (“fennel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inoˈxosa/ [i.noˈxo.sa]
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: Hi‧no‧jo‧sa

Proper noun

Hinojosa m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Hinojosa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014