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They were originally full Chinese names that were transliterated into Spanish orthography and adopted as surnames. Common single-syllable Chinese Filipino surnames are Tan ( 陳 ), Lim ( 林 ), Chua ( 蔡 ), Uy ( 黃) and Ong ( 王 ). Most such surnames are spelled according to their Hokkien pronunciation.
The Catálogo alfabético de apellidos (English: Alphabetical Catalogue of Surnames; Filipino: Alpabetikong Katalogo ng mga apelyido) is a book of surnames in the Philippines and other islands of Spanish East Indies published in the mid-19th century. That was in response to a Spanish colonial decree establishing the distribution of Spanish ...
Surnames of Filipino origin (17 P) I. Ilocano-language surnames (1 P) K. Kapampangan-language surnames (4 P) P. Pangasinan-language surnames (3 P) T.
Villanueva (surname) Categories: Filipino names. Surnames of Asian origin. Surnames of Philippine origin.
The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [16] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique. [17]
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.
Diokno is a Filipino surname that originated from Indang, Cavite and Taal, Batangas area. It was changed to a more Filipino surname from the original Hispanized surname, "Diocno". Ángel Diokno (born c. 1830) is the oldest known patriarch of the immediate family of Gen. Ananías Diokno (son of Ángel).
Filipino middle names. Mug shot of Janet Lim-Napoles with her name on a placard showing "Janet Napoles y Lim". Notice the use of Spanish order of paternal and maternal surnames, which are Napoles and Lim, respectively, separated by the particle y. This is some background on history, popularity, and usage of middle names in the Philippines .