Araneta
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque.
Statistics
(Per Forebears 2014)
- 7,448th most common surname in Peru
- 44,961th most common surname in Argentina
- 30,612th most common surname in Spain
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɾaˈneta/ [ʔɐ.ɾɐˈnɛ.tɐ]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: A‧ra‧ne‧ta
Proper noun
Araneta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜈᜒᜆ)
- a surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], most notably borne by the:
- Araneta family, Spanish-Filipino family of Basque descent, the owner of the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City
- Gregorio S. Araneta, lawyer, businessman, nationalist, and patriot during the American colonial era; a member of the Spanish-Filipino Araneta family
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Araneta is the 294th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 26,036 individuals.
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