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The Spanish surname category provides the most common surnames in the Philippines. [6] At the course of time, some Spanish surnames were altered (with some eventually diverged/displaced their original spelling), as resulted from illiteracy among the poor and farming class bearing such surnames, creating confusion in the civil registry and a ...
Name Romanization Meaning Detail 1 देवी Devi: Goddess Common surname of Hindu women 2 कुमार Kumar: Prince Common surname of Hindu men 3 सिंह Singh: Lion Common surname of Hindu Kshatriyas and Sikhs: 4 शर्मा Sharma: Joyfulness, comfort, happiness Common surname of Hindu Brahmins: 5 अली Ali: Name of a ...
Surnames of Filipino origin (21 P) I. Ilocano-language surnames (2 P) K. Kapampangan-language surnames (4 P) P. Pangasinan-language surnames (3 P) T. Tagalog-language ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Filipino origin" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abrenica;
Families were awarded with the surnames or asked to choose from them. [9] However, several groups were exempt from having to choose new surnames: Those with a previously adopted surname (whether indigenous or foreign) already on the list or, if not on the list, not prohibited because of ethnic origin or being too common.
A common Filipino name will consist of the given name (mostly 2 given names are given), the initial letter of the mother's maiden name and finally the father's surname (i.e. Lucy Anne C. de Guzman). Also, women are allowed to retain their maiden name or use both her and her husband's surname as a double-barreled surname , separated by a dash.
The surname, Tecson, is a Spanish transliteration of Philippine Hokkien Chinese: 德孫; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-sun; Tâi-lô: Tik-sun. Most Chinese Filipinos whose ancestors came to the Philippines prior to 1898 use a Hispanicized surname, spelled with Spanish orthography using the Abecedario (Spanish Alphabet).
This practice changed when the Philippines became a United States colony in the early 20th century. The order was reversed to follow the conventional American form "Christian name - Middle name - Surname," which in this case is actually "Christian name - Mother's surname - Father's surname" (Francisco Concepcion Casas or simply Francisco C. Casas).