Zelaya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Zelaya, from Basque Zelaia, habitational surname from zelai (“field”).

Proper noun

Zelaya (plural Zelayas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zelaya is the 2886^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12448 individuals. Zelaya is most common among Hispanic/Latino (94.06%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈlaʝa/ [θeˈla.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈlaʝa/ [seˈla.ʝa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈlaʃa/ [seˈla.ʃa]

• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈlaʃa/ [seˈla.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈlaʒa/ [seˈla.ʒa]

• Rhymes: -aʝa
• Syllabification: Ze‧la‧ya

Proper noun

Zelaya m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque