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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Top 20 Family Names in the Philippines


The Twenty Most Common Filipino Surnames

1. Santos
That's the last name of Filipina actress Vilma Santos, Filipino-American writer Bienvenido Santos, the young superstar Judy Ann Santos, the WWII hero Alejo Santos, and singer Erik Santos.  The name is the Spanish word for 'saints.'

2. Reyes              
3. Cruz
4. Bautista
5. Ocampo
6. García
7. Mendoza
8. Torres
9. Tomás
10. Andrada
11. Castillo
12. Flores
13.  Villanueva         
14. Ramos
15. Castro
16. Rivera
17. Aquino
18. Navarro
19. Salazar
20. Mercado

                Top 10 Spanish Surnames in the Philippines  that Start with De, De la or Del

1. de la Cruz
2. de la Reyes
3. del Rosario
4. de los Santos
5. de Guzmán
6. de Castro
7. de la Vega
8. de la Rosa
9. de Asis
10. de Rosales

Popular surnames among Chinese-Filipinos: Chan, Cheng, Chua, Co, Cue, Dee, Go, Ku, Lee, Tan, Tiu, Ting, Ty, Sy, Yap, Yee, and others that are three-word combinations that end in -co like Cojuangco, Dychingco and Tanjuatco
Examples of native Tagalog surnames: Dimaguiba (impenetrable), Guinto (gold),  Macaraeg, Matapang (brave), Masipag (industrious)

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