Agapay

Borrowed from Tagalog agapay. Mostly found among ethnic Tagalog stock in Mindanao whose ancestors bearing the surname came mainly from Tagalog-speaking provinces in Luzon during the late Spanish and early American colonial periods and postwar eras.

• Hyphenation: A‧ga‧pay
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɡapaj/ [ʔɐˈɡa.pɐɪ̯]

Agapay (Badlit spelling ᜀᜄᜉᜌ᜔)

1. a surname from Tagalog, found among people of ethnic Tagalog descent in Mindanao particularly in Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and Davao Region

From agapay (“alongside”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɡapaj/ [ʔɐˈɣaː.paɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -apaj
• Syllabification: A‧ga‧pay
• Homophone: agapay

Agapay (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜉᜌ᜔)

1. a surname from Tagalog, most common in Batangas and Laguna

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Agapay is the 3,059^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 4,125 individuals.

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