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  2. Category:Surnames of Filipino origin - Wikipedia

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  3. Catálogo alfabético de apellidos - Wikipedia

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    From there, a certain number of surnames, based on population, were sent to each barangay's parish priest. [6] The head of each barangay, along with another town official or two, was present when the father or the oldest person in each family chose a surname for his or her family.

  4. Filipino name - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. List of provincial name etymologies of the Philippines

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    The name "Quirino" itself was ultimately derived from the Latin Quirinus, meaning "armed with a lance." [92] Rizal. Spanish surname. The province was named after José Rizal, inspirational figure of the Philippine Revolution and national hero. "Rizal" in turn, is a modified form of the Spanish word ricial, literally meaning "able to grow back ...

  6. Hispanized Filipino-Chinese surnames - Wikipedia

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    Having a Hispanized Filipino-Chinese surname signifies that a Chinese person has become Catholic. Some adopted the surnames of their Spanish godparents, while others combined modified Chinese names and added honorifics such as -co, -son, and -zon at the end. Many of them intermarried with Filipinos and were integrated into Philippine society.

  7. Filipinos - Wikipedia

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    The decree in the Philippines was created to fulfill a Spanish colonial decree that sought to address colonial subjects who did not have a last name. This explains why most Filipinos share the same surnames as many Hispanics today, without having Spanish ancestry.

  8. List of Philippine place names of Spanish origin - Wikipedia

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    Lanuza, Surigao del Sur (Spanish surname of unknown origin.) Larena, Siquijor (Spanish surname. Named after Filipino politician Demetrio Larena.) Las Navas, Northern Samar ("the plains") Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte ("the snows"; from Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Spanish for "Our Lady of the Snows.") Laurel, Batangas (Spanish surname.

  9. Mangubat (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Mangubat (Spanish: Guerrear); [4] is a Hispanic Filipino surname of Mactan Island origin which means " TO WAGE WAR " [5] [6] [7] in Cebuano language.. It belongs to a noble lineage according to Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent [8] the Cronista Rey de Armas of the Kingdom of Spain, and the last King of Arms appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Justice.

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