Cinco
See also: cinco
English
Etymology
Common Filipino-Chinese surname. Ultimately, an alternate spelling of Tagalog Sinco, from Chinese 吳 (Go). (Hispanicized transcription of Chinese surname).
Proper noun
Cinco (plural Cincos)
- a surname from Min Nan common on Filipinos of Chinese ancestry
Anagrams
- NCOIC, conic
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- Sinco
- Singco
Etymology
A common Chinese Filipino surname. Ultimately from Hokkien 吳 (Gô͘), via Hispanicization of the Chinese surname 吳 (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
- IPA(key): /ˈsinko/, [ˈsiŋ.ko]
Proper noun
Cinco
- a surname from Min Nan common on 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.
See also
- Go
- Goh
- Ngo
- Wu
- Gozon