Rojas

See also: rojas and röjas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Rojas.

Proper noun

Rojas (plural Rojases)

A surname from Spanish.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Rojas is the 285^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 108421 individuals. Rojas is most common among Hispanic/Latino (94.46%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Rojas. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Doublet of Roxas, from an archaic spelling of the same surname.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɾohas/, [ˈɾ̪o.hʌs̪]
Homophone: Roxas

Proper noun

Rojas (Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜑᜐ᜔)

a surname from Spanish

Spanish

Alternative forms

Roxas (Philippines, archaic)

Etymology

See roja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈroxas/ [ˈro.xas]
Rhymes: -oxas
Syllabification: Ro‧jas

Proper noun

Rojas m or f by sense

a surname

Descendants

→ Cebuano: Rojas
→ Chinese: → 羅哈斯／罗哈斯 (Luóhāsī) (transliteration)
→ English: Rojas

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