Irigoyen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Irigoyen, from Basque Irigoien.

Proper noun

Irigoyen (plural Irigoyens)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Irigoyen is the 19456^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1389 individuals. Irigoyen is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Irigoyen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 232.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque Irigoien.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iɾiˈɡoʝen/ [i.ɾiˈɣ̞o.ʝẽn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /iɾiˈɡoʝen/ [i.ɾiˈɣ̞o.ʝẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /iɾiˈɡoʃen/ [i.ɾiˈɣ̞o.ʃẽn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /iɾiˈɡoʒen/ [i.ɾiˈɣ̞o.ʒẽn]

• Rhymes: -oʝen
• Syllabification: I‧ri‧go‧yen

Proper noun

Irigoyen m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque