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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.
Pages in category "Surnames of Philippine origin" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abuel;
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 ...
Pages in category "Surnames of Filipino origin" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abrenica;
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.
English: Map of most common Filipino surnames by province or independent city Español: Mapa de apellidos filipinos más comunes per provincia o ciudad independiente Tagalog: Mapa ng mga pinakakaraniwang apelyidong Pilipino kada lalawigan o lungsod na hindi bahagi ng anumang lalawigan.
The present name of the Philippines was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos [1] [2] or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre [3] [4] in 1543, during an expedition intended to establish greater Spanish control at the western end of the division of the world established between Spain and Portugal by the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza.
Legazpi, Albay (Spanish surname. Named after the first Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, Miguel López de Legazpi.) Lucena, Quezon (named after the Spanish municipality of Lucena. [11]) Marikina (Spanish surname. Named after Spanish Governor-General Félix Berenguer de Marquina.) Muñoz, Nueva Ecija (Spanish surname.