Echegaray

Spanish

Etymology

From Basque Etxegarai (“high house, house on top of a hill”), from etxe (“house”) and garai (“high”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /et͡ʃeɡaˈɾai/, [et͡ʃeɣaˈɾai̯]

Proper noun

Echegaray ?

  1. A surname​ of Basque origin.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish, from Basque Etxegarai

Proper noun

Echegaray

  1. A surname​ of Basque origin, most notably borne by:
    • Leo Echegaray, Filipino criminal, the first to be executed by lethal injection in 1999.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Echegaray is the 39,199th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 299 individuals.

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