Pesqueira

See also: pesqueira

English

Proper noun

Pesqueira (plural Pesqueiras)

1. A surname from Galician.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pesqueira is the 27411^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 880 individuals. Pesqueira is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.2%) individuals.

Galician

Etymology

From pesqueira (“fishery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pesˈkejɾa̝/

Proper noun

Pesqueira f

1. A village in Castro parish, Boiro, A Coruña, Galicia
2. A village in Xustás parish, Cospeito, Lugo, Galicia
3. a toponymical surname

Related terms

• Pesqueiras

References

• “Pesqueira” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “Pesqueira” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Pesqueyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG