Portuondo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Portuondo, a topographic surname from Basque portuondo (“close to the port”).

Proper noun

Portuondo (plural Portuondos)

1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Portuondo is the 41579^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523 individuals. Portuondo is most common among Hispanic/Latino (88.34%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾˈtwondo/ [poɾˈt̪wõn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ondo
• Syllabification: Por‧tuon‧do

Proper noun

Portuondo m or f by sense

1. a surname from Basque