[Rusty]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

so if I want to spell my surname Niño, I say , en, ai, n en tilde ou ?

It sounds weird can you explain a little more please ?

Actually, we say 'n' with the squiggley mark over it. Most people don't know what to call the tilde, so they say the squiggley mark.
en, ai, en with a squiggley mark over it, ou

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Rusty, I'm doubtful. lness, I know that the letter Ñ does not exist in English.

Now I see in this post that the letter Ñ is used by the American's people.

I said there are many Americans that recognize it (and most know that it comes from Spanish). We borrow words from many languages in English. Sometimes we change the spelling of ñ to 'ny,' like in canyon (cañón). Sometimes we don't. For instance, most Americans recognize the word El Niño, which we know as a warmer current of water flowing in the Atlantic Ocean which affects our weather. But most wouldn't recognize the word as meaning the Christ Child.