Cuenca

From Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“valley; watershed”).

Cuenca

1. A province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Capital: Cuenca.
2. A surname from Spanish.
3. A city in Cuenca, Spain.
4. The third largest city in Ecuador, capital of Azuay province.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cuenca is the 9611^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3381 individuals. Cuenca is most common among Hispanic/Latino (79.44%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.29%) individuals.

From cuenca (“valley; watershed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwenka/ [ˈkwẽŋ.ka]
• Rhymes: -enka
• Syllabification: Cuen‧ca

Cuenca f

1. Cuenca (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Cuenca)
2. Cuenca (a city in Cuenca, Spain)
3. Cuenca (a city in Ecuador)

• “Cuenca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish Cuenca, from cuenca (“watershed”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈeŋka/ [ˈkwɛŋ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -eŋka
• Syllabification: Cu‧en‧ca

Cuenca (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜅ᜔ᜃ)

1. A municipality of Batangas, Philippines
2. a surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the place name]

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cuenca is the 448th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 23,604 individuals.