Somoza

English Etymology From en es -, of en gl - origin. Proper noun s en Spanish < Galician. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Somoza is the 21218th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1237 individuals. Somoza is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.15%) individuals. Galician gl: Etymology Attested as Submoncia in 569 and as Somoça in Medieval Galician; from gl la sub- under; before and la *montia, an accusative plural (compare gl Zanfoga) of a neuter form of la mōns mountain, so meaning "beneath the mountains". Pronunciation gl /soˈmoθa̝/ Proper noun gl village parish/Asados mun/Rianxo province/A Coruña autonomous community/Galicia gl village parish/A Rúa de Valdeorras mun/A Rúa province/Ourense autonomous community/Galicia gl village parish/Asadur mun/Maceda province/Ourense autonomous community/Galicia gl parish mun/Pobra de Trives province/Ourense autonomous community/Galicia gl village parish/Botos mun/Lalín province/Pontevedra autonomous community/Galicia gl toponymical Related terms gl A Somoza gl As Somozas gl Castelo de Somoza References somoça "Somoza" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun mfbysense es Galician