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English
Etymology
Common Filipino-Chinese surname. Ultimately, an alternative spelling of Tagalog Sinco, from Chinese 吳／吴 (Go). (Hispanicized transcription of Chinese surname).
Proper noun
Cinco (plural Cincos)
- A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
A common Chinese Filipino surname. Ultimately from Hokkien 吳／吴 (Gô͘), via Hispanicization of the Chinese surname 吳／吴 (Gô͘) by similar sounding calque of Hokkien 五 (gǒ͘, “five”) to Spanish cinco (“five”). Another derivation is 新哥 (sin ko, literally “new brother”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cinco (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)
- a surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cinco is the 14,964th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 37,223 individuals.
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