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According to the decree, a copy of the catalogue, which contains 61,000 surnames, [5] was to be distributed to the provincial heads of the archipelago. From there, a certain number of surnames, based on population, were sent to each barangay's parish priest. [6]
Like with Spanish surnames, most of these names were introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, since the majority of Filipino commoners only had one given name prior to Claveria's decree. A significant number of people were exempt from the decree, since they already had preexisting surnames adopted prior to the Catálogo.
The Catalogo alfabetico de appellidos (1849). Narciso José Anastasio Clavería y Zaldúa, 1st Count of Manila (Catalan: Narcís Josep Anastasi Claveria i Zaldua; May 2, 1795 [1] – June 20, 1851) was a Spanish army officer who served as the Governor-General of the Philippines from July 16, 1844, to December 26, 1849.
Muñoz, Nueva Ecija (Spanish surname. Named after Francisco Muñoz, Spanish politician and former gobernadorcillo. [12]) Oroquieta, Misamis Occidental (named after the barrio of Oroquieta in the district of Villaverde in Madrid, Spain.) Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental (Spanish surname. Named after José Ozámiz, a Filipino politician.)
Published in 1849, The Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos contains 141 pages of surnames with both Spanish and Hispanicized indigenous roots. Authored by Spanish Governor-General Narciso Claveria y Zaldua and Domingo Abella, the catalog was created in response to the Decree of November 21, 1849, which gave every Filipino a surname from the book.
State flag of California Location of California on the U.S. map. This is a list of notable people from the U.S. state of California. It includes people who were born/raised in, lived in, or spent portions of their lives in California, or for whom California is a significant part of their identity.
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).
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