Somoza

Etymology

From Spanish, of Galician origin

Proper noun

Somoza (plural Somozas)

1. A surname​.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Somoza is the 21218^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1237 individuals. Somoza is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.15%) individuals.

Etymology

Attested as Submoncia in 569 and as Somoça in Medieval Galician; from Latin sub- (“under; before”) and *montia, an accusative plural (compare Zanfoga) of a neuter form of mōns (“mountain”), so meaning "beneath the mountains".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈmoθa̝/

Proper noun

Somoza

1. A village in Asados, Rianxo, A Coruña, Galicia.
2. A village in A Rúa de Valdeorras, A Rúa, Ourense, Galicia.
3. A village in Asadur, Maceda, Ourense, Galicia.
4. A parish of Pobra de Trives, Ourense, Galicia.
5. A village in Botos, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia.
6. A toponymical surname​.

References

• “somoça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• "Somoza" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.