Appendix:Filipino surnames

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This appendix lists general information for surnames across the Philippines.

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Background

The majority of Filipino surnames are of Spanish origin, but with the exception of the "n" with tilde (ñ), all have the accents in the original Spanish removed since the American colonial era, that forms like García, de León, Concepción, Guzmán, Chávez, Beltrán and Ibáñez became the contemporary Garcia, de Leon, Concepcion, Guzman, Chavez, Beltran and Ibañez, respectively. There were also several respellings, many of which became dominant over the original Spanish spelling (e.g. Gonzales from González, due to seseo in Philippine Spanish where /s/ can either be spelled C (before E and I), S or Z; Guevarra from Guevara and Carillo from Carrillo due to tap and trill sounds being allophones for most Filipinos; Sotto from Soto, from a possible American-era respelling by the influence of Italian-American surnames spelled with two Ts). The Spanish surname particles de la, de las, and de los often coalesce into a single word in their present form the Philippines: e.g. dela Cruz from de la Cruz, delos Santos from de los Santos; such particles may also get capitalized in some cases, and are also taken into account when determining a person's middle initials.

Spanish and other Iberian languages (Basque, Catalan, Galician) provides the most common source of Filipino surnames. Other common origins of Filipino surnames, by language are Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilocano, Kapampangan and Chinese (usually Hokkien and Cantonese). Moros (Filipino Muslims) usually have patronymics that are usually not heritable; other (e.g. the Maranao and Maguindanao) use clan names.

This appendix will provide diacritics on surnames for guidance in pronunciation or historical spelling. What diacritics are used depends on the name's etymology and orthography:

  • Surnames coming from Spanish and Iberian languages, and/or written in Spanish orthography will be marked with accents following Spanish rules
  • Surnames written in modern Filipino orthography will be marked with accents if not stressed on the final syllable or contains glottal stops depending on source language.
  • Surnames coming from English or written in English orthography will generally not be marked with accents.

By language

For specific information for surnames in the Philippines by language (including surnames from that language and others within its native range), see:

Most common

Common surnames by province and province-level division
Main article: Appendix:Filipino surnames (1-1000)

Here is a list of the 200 most common surnames as of 2014: Top list;

1. dela Cruz * (625,650)
2. García * (441,075)
3. Reyes * (412,750)
4. Ramos * (375,999)
5. Mendoza * (372,042)
6. Santos * (342,746)
7. Flores * (312,187)
8. Gonzales * (293,787)
9. Bautista * (287,625)
10. Villanueva * (277,730)
11. Najera*
12. Cruz *
13. de Guzmán *
14. López *
15. Pérez *
16. Castillo *
17. Francisco *
18. Rivera *
19. Aquino*
20. Castro*
21. Sánchez *
22. Torres *
23. de León *
24. Domingo *
25. Martínez *
26. Rodríguez *
27. Santiago *
28. Soriano *
29. delos Santos *
30. Díaz *
31. Hernández *
32. Tolentino *
33. Valdez *
34. Ramírez *
35. Morales *
36. Mercado *
37. Tan ***/**** (Hokkien, sometimes Tausug)
38. Aguilar *
39. Navarro *
40. Manalo *** (Tagalog)
41. Gómez *
42. Dizon ***
43. del Rosario *
44. Javier *
45. Córpuz *****
46. Gutiérrez *
47. Salvador *
48. Velasco *
49. Miranda *
50. David *
51. Salazar *
52. Ferrer *
53. Álvarez *
54. Sarmiento *
55. Pascual *
56. Lim *** (Hokkien)
57. delos Reyes*
58. Marquez *
59. Jiménez *
60. Cortez *
61. Antonio *
62. Agustín *
63. Rosales *
64. Manuel *
65. Mariano *
66. Evangelista *
67. Pineda *
68. Enríquez *
69. Ocampo *
70. Alcántara *
71. Pascua *
72. de Vera *
73. Romero *
74. de Jesús *
75. dela Peña *
76. Valencia *
77. Ignacio *
78. Vergara *
79. Padilla *
80. Angeles *
81. Espíritu *
82. Fuentes *
83. Legaspi *
84. Cañete *
85. Peralta *
86. Vargas *
87. Cabrera *
88. Fajardo *
89. Gonzaga *
90. Espinosa *
91. Guevarra *
92. Samson ***
93. Ortega *
94. Molina *
95. Serrano *
96. Chávez *
97. Briones *
98. Medina *
99. Palma *
100. Tamayo *
101. Arellano *
102. Atienza *
103. Villegas *
104. Estrada *
105. Martín *
106. Acosta *
107. Ortiz *
108. Sison ***
109. Trinidad *
110. Zamora *
111. Asunción *
112. Abad *
113. Moreno *
114. Valenzuela *
115. Mallari *** (Kapampangan)
116. Caballero *
117. Villamor *
118. Bernardo *
119. Robles *
120. Concepción *
121. Fernando *
122. Gregorio *
123. Borja *
124. Magbanua **** (Hiligaynon)
125. de Castro *
126. Panganiban **** (Tagalog)
127. Galang **** (Kapampangan, Tagalog)
128. Núñez *
129. Roxas *
130. Ruiz *
131. Pangilinan **** (Kapampangan)
132. Vicente *
133. Chua *** (Hokkien)
134. Suárez *
135. Ávila *
136. Ali ***** (Arabic)
137. Austria *
138. Magno *
139. dela Torre *
140. Luna *
141. de la Cruz *
142. Pepito *
143. Solis *
144. Uy *** (Hokkien)
145. dela Rosa *
146. Durán *
147. Abella *
148. Mahinay **** (Cebuano)
149. Esguerra *
150. Roque *
151. Andrés *
152. José *
153. Sevilla *
154. Beltrán *
155. Gabriel *
156. Mateo *
157. Ybáñez *
158. Nicolás *
159. Mendez *
160. Cunanan ****
161. Vásquez *
162. Ancheta *
163. Ventura *
164. Lorenzo *
165. Cordero *
166. Toledo *
167. Gálvez *
168. Abdul ***** (Arabic)
169. Natividad *
170. Marasigan * (Tagalog)
171. Herrera *
172. Silva **
173. Miguel *
174. Gamboa **
175. Estrella *
176. Villa *
177. Bartolomé *
178. Usman ***** (Arabic)
179. Pagodon **
180. Custodio *
181. Ong *** (Hokkien)
182. Lucero *
183. Abdullah ***** (Arabic)
184. Manzano *
185. Ibáñez *
186. Marcelo *
187. Ponce *
188. Gallardo *
189. Rosario *
190. Delgado *
191. Canlas **** (Kapampangan)
192. Cariño *
193. Yap *** (Hokkien)
194. Go *** (Hokkien)
195. Esteban *
196. Ilagan *
197. Tuazon ***
198. Carpio *
199. Carreón *
200. Baltazar *

Alphabetical list

Original language of surnames or etymology will be indicated after the surname.

A

B

●Belisano

●Buncag

●Baliwan

C

●Cascara

Carreón

D

E

F

Favila 

      X

G

H

I

J

K

L

Lahinao

M

Ilocano/Ibanag/Gaddang?

Mirabueno


N

Ng

  • Ng - Chinese
  • Ngo - Chinese

===Occiano O===

Occiano- Spanish, from Basque Otxoa

P

Q

R

S

Soleta Siquete

T

Tindan - Bukidnon

U

V

W

Y

Z

Most common

Below is a list of common surnames from two sources. That said, reliable statistics for surnames in the Philippines are lacking.

Of the surnames listed below, Spanish or Iberian surnames (e.g. dela Cruz, Garcia, Reyes, Ramos, Mendoza) predominate. Other common origins are Chinese (e.g. Tan, Dizon, Lim, Sison, Chua), Tagalog (Manalo, Panganiban, Galang, Marasigan), Kapampangan (Mallari, Pangilinan, Cunanan, Canlas) and Cebuano (Magbanua, Mahinay). Also listed are some Moro patronymic surnames from Arabic (e.g. Ali, Usman, Abdullah).

Keys

  • * = of Spanish origin (includes Christian surnames, given names as surnames, patronymic surnames, toponymic/habitational surnames and several Spanish words used as surnames)
  • ** = of other Iberian origin (usu. Basque, Galician/Portuguese, Catalan)
  • *** = of Chinese origin (usually from Hokkien)
  • **** = of native origin (includes surnames from many Philippine languages)
  • ***** = from other languages


Philippine Statistics Authority

This is an incomplete list of the most common surnames in the Philippines, based on a partial count of registered births in 2016.

  1. Santos
  2. Reyes
  3. Cruz
  4. Bautista
  5. del Rosario
  6. Gonzales
  7. Ramos
  8. Aquino
  9. Garcia
  10. dela Cruz

Forebears

A longer list, based on information from the same source, can be found at Appendix:Filipino surnames (1-1000). The following list is a selection of 200 most common surnames, as of 2022)

1. dela Cruz * (625,650)
2. García * (441,075)
3. Reyes * (412,750)
4. Ramos * (375,999)
5. Mendoza * (372,042)
6. Santos * (342,746)
7. Flores * (312,187)
8. Gonzales * (293,787)
9. Bautista * (287,625)
10. Villanueva * (277,730)
11. Fernández *
12. Cruz *
13. de Guzmán *
14. López *
15. Pérez *
16. Castillo *
17. Francisco *
18. Rivera *
19. Aquino *
20. Castro *
21. Sánchez *
22. Torres *
23. de León *
24. Domingo *
25. Martínez *
26. Rodríguez *
27. Santiago *
28. Soriano *
29. delos Santos *
30. Díaz *
31. Hernández *
32. Tolentino *
33. Valdez *
34. Ramírez *
35. Morales *
36. Mercado *
37. Tan ***/**** (Hokkien: 陳／陈 (tân), also sometimes from Tausug)
38. Aguilar *
39. Navarro *
40. Manalo **** (Tagalog)
41. Gómez *
42. Dizon ***
43. del Rosario *
44. Javier *
45. Córpuz
46. Gutiérrez *
47. Salvador *
48. Velasco *
49. Miranda *
50. David *
51. Salazar *
52. Ferrer *
53. Álvarez *
54. Sarmiento *
55. Pascual *
56. Lim *** (Hokkien: 林 (lîm))
57. delos Reyes*
58. Marquez *
59. Jiménez *
60. Cortez *
61. Antonio *
62. Agustín *
63. Rosales *
64. Manuel *
65. Mariano *
66. Evangelista *
67. Pineda *
68. Enríquez *
69. Ocampo *
70. Alcantara *
71. Pascua *
72. de Vera *
73. Romero *
74. de Jesús *
75. dela Peña *
76. Valencia *
77. Ignacio *
78. Vergara *
79. Padilla *
80. Ángeles *
81. Espíritu *
82. Fuentes *
83. Legaspi *
84. Cañete *
85. Peralta *
86. Vargas *
87. Cabrera *
88. Fajardo *
89. Gonzaga *
90. Espinosa *
91. Guevarra *
92. Samson ***
93. Ortega *
94. Molina *
95. Serrano *
96. Chávez *
97. Briones *
98. Medina *
99. Palma *
100. Tamayo *
101. Arellano *
102. Atienza *
103. Villegas *
104. Estrada *
105. Martín *
106. Acosta *
107. Ortiz *
108. Sison ***
109. Trinidad *
110. Zamora *
111. Asunción *
112. Abad *
113. Moreno *
114. Valenzuela *
115. Mallari *** (Kapampangan)
116. Caballero *
117. Villamor *
118. Bernardo *
119. Robles *
120. Concepción *
121. Fernando *
122. Gregorio *
123. Borja *
124. Magbanua **** (Hiligaynon, Cebuano)
125. de Castro *
126. Panganiban **** (Tagalog)
127. Galang **** (Kapampangan, Tagalog)
128. Núñez *
129. Roxas *
130. Ruiz *
131. Pangilinan **** (Kapampangan)
132. Vicente *
133. Chua *** (Hokkien: 蔡 (chhòa))
134. Suárez *
135. Ávila *
136. Ali ***** (Arabic)
137. Austria *
138. Magno *
139. dela Torre *
140. Luna *
141. de la Cruz *
142. Pepito *
143. Solis *
144. Uy *** (Hokkien: 黃／黄 (ûiⁿ))
145. dela Rosa *
146. Durán *
147. Abella *
148. Mahinay **** (Cebuano)
149. Esguerra *
150. Roque *
151. Andrés *
152. José *
153. Sevilla *
154. Beltrán *
155. Gabriel *
156. Mateo *
157. Ybáñez *
158. Nicolas *
159. Méndez *
160. Cunanan **** (Kapampangan)
161. Vásquez *
162. Ancheta *
163. Ventura *
164. Lorenzo *
165. Cordero *
166. Toledo *
167. Gálvez *
168. Abdul ***** (Arabic)
169. Natividad *
170. Marasigan * (Tagalog)
171. Herrera *
172. Silva **
173. Miguel *
174. Gamboa **
175. Estrella *
176. Villa *
177. Bartolomé *
178. Usman ***** (Arabic)
179. Sales **
180. Custodio *
181. Ong *** (Hokkien: 王 (ông))
182. Lucero *
183. Abdullah ***** (Arabic)
184. Manzano *
185. Ibáñez *
186. Marcelo *
187. Ponce *
188. Gallardo *
189. Rosario *
190. Delgado *
191. Canlás **** (Kapampangan)
192. Cariño *
193. Yap *** (Hokkien: 葉／叶 (ia̍p))
194. Go *** (Hokkien: 吳／吴 (gô͘))
195. Esteban *
196. Ilagan *
197. Tuazon ***
198. Carpio *
199. Carreón *
200. Baltazar *

Data by region

The source also provides regional info for each surname. Basing on those data, below are the ten most common surnames in each region:

National Capital Region (Metro Manila)

  1. dela Cruz
  2. Santos
  3. Reyes
  4. Cruz
  5. García
  6. Ramos
  7. Mendoza
  8. Bautista
  9. de Guzmán
  10. Gonzales

Cordillera Administrative Region

  1. Garcia
  2. dela Cruz
  3. ?
  4. Domingo
  5. ?
  6. Mendoza
  7. Valdez
  8. Bautista
  9. Fernández
  10. Flores

Ilocos Region

  1. dela Cruz
  2. de Guzmán
  3. García
  4. Fernández
  5. Ramos
  6. Aquino
  7. Valdez
  8. Bautista
  9. Soriano
  10. de Vera

Cagayan Valley

  1. dela Cruz
  2. Domingo
  3. Ramos
  4. García
  5. Pascua
  6. Córpuz
  7. Valdez
  8. Bautista
  9. Agustín
  10. Soriano

Central Luzon

  1. dela Cruz
  2. Santos
  3. García
  4. Reyes
  5. Cruz
  6. Ramos
  7. Mendoza
  8. de Guzmán
  9. Bautista
  10. Gonzales

CALABARZON

  1. Mendoza
  2. Reyes
  3. García
  4. dela Cruz
  5. Ramos
  6. Villanueva
  7. Gonzales
  8. Hernández
  9. Bautista
  10. Santos

MIMAROPA

  1. dela Cruz
  2. Mendoza
  3. García
  4. Ramos
  5. Villanueva
  6. Francisco
  7. Castillo
  8. Reyes
  9. Flores
  10. Manalo

Bicol

  1. dela Cruz
  2. Vargas
  3. Ramos
  4. Francisco
  5. delos Santos
  6. López
  7. Gonzales
  8. Reyes
  9. García
  10. Rodríguez

Western Visayas

  1. dela Cruz
  2. Villanueva
  3. Flores
  4. Francisco
  5. Gonzales
  6. Fernández
  7. Magbanua
  8. García
  9. Palma
  10. de la Cruz

Central Visayas

  1. Flores
  2. Cañete
  3. Pepito
  4. Fernández
  5. Ybáñez
  6. García
  7. Torres
  8. Sánchez
  9. Reyes
  10. López

Eastern Visayas

  1. dela Cruz
  2. Flores
  3. Castillo
  4. Díaz
  5. Tan
  6. Garcia
  7. Mendoza
  8. Cinco
  9. Gonzales
  10. Rosales

Zamboanga Peninsula

  1. Francisco
  2. dela Cruz
  3. Fernández
  4. Flores
  5. Ramos
  6. Pérez
  7. Mendoza
  8. Gonzales
  9. delos Reyes
  10. Enríquez

Northern Mindanao

  1. Flores
  2. Fernández
  3. dela Cruz
  4. Reyes
  5. Villanueva
  6. Ramos
  7. Sánchez
  8. García
  9. Gonzales
  10. López

SOCCSKSARGEN

  1. dela Cruz
  2. Flores
  3. Ali
  4. Fernandez
  5. Usman
  6. García
  7. Villanueva
  8. Gonzales
  9. Ramos
  10. Abdul

Davao Region

  1. Flores
  2. Fernández
  3. dela Cruz
  4. García
  5. Gonzales
  6. Ramos
  7. López
  8. Reyes
  9. Morales
  10. Villanueva

Caraga

  1. Plaza
  2. Pérez
  3. Flores
  4. Gonzales
  5. Sánchez
  6. Martínez
  7. Morales
  8. Gómez
  9. Fernández
  10. García

Bangsamoro

  1. Ali
  2. Abdul
  3. Abdullah
  4. Usman
  5. Sali
  6. Mohammad
  7. Omar
  8. Hassan
  9. Ibrahim
  10. Alih

CEBU

  1. Padin
  2. Dela cruz
  3. Pananganan
  4. Alegado
  5. Calsa
  6. Jimenez
  7. Zozobrado
  8. Abella
  9. Alforque
  10. Alcover
  11. Tomaodos
  12. Tapasao
  13. Barutag
  14. Responso
  15. Alcomendras
  16. Alao
  17. Gequillo
  18. Legaspi
  19. Delfin
  20. Cabo
  21. Marentes
  22. Sacol
  23. Dayanan

Reference: Most Common Surnames in the Philippines, Forebears, 2022

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