Gongora

See also: gongora and Góngora

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Góngora, itself of Basque origin.

Proper noun

Gongora (plural Gongoras)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gongora is the 10050^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3205 individuals. Gongora is most common among Hispanic/Latino (85.4%) and White (10.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gongora”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63.