Meaning and formation
Ortega comes from Spanish place names associated with Latin urtica, “stinging nettle”. The plant is known for hairs that irritate the skin. The surname is listed on printed page 98 of the Philippine Catálogo alfabético de apellidos of 1849.
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /ʔoɾˈteɡa/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Cebuano: /ʔoɾˈteɡa/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /oɾˈteɡa/ · Wiktionary ↗
In the 1849 Catálogo transcription
The linked transcription records the following spelling and page position. Open the edition link to locate the printed page.
- ortega · page 98 · column 2 · row 41 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Ortega has 18 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.
OpenHalalan — 2001 ↗Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts