Sotomayor

English

Etymology

From a habitational surname Spanish Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called Galician Soutomaior, from souto (“grove”) + maior (“larger”).

Proper noun

Sotomayor

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sotomayor is the 7859^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4210 individuals. Sotomayor is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.71%) individuals.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sotomaˈʝoɾ/ [so.t̪o.maˈʝoɾ]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /sotomaˈʝoɾ/ [so.t̪o.maˈʝoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sotomaˈʃoɾ/ [so.t̪o.maˈʃoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sotomaˈʒoɾ/ [so.t̪o.maˈʒoɾ]

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: So‧to‧ma‧yor

Proper noun

Sotomayor m or f by sense

1. a surname from Galician