Cinco

See also: cinco

English

Etymology

Common Filipino-Chinese surname. Ultimately, an alternative spelling of Tagalog Sinco, from Chinese  / (Go). (Hispanicized transcription of Chinese surname).

Proper noun

Cinco (plural Cincos)

  1. A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

Anagrams

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

A common Chinese Filipino surname. Ultimately from Hokkien  / (Gô͘), via Hispanicization of the Chinese surname  / (Gô͘) by similar sounding calque of Hokkien (gǒ͘, five) to Spanish cinco (five). Another derivation is (sin ko, literally new brother).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsiŋko/ [ˈsiŋ.ko]
  • Rhymes: -iŋko
  • Syllabification: Cin‧co
  • Homophone: singko

Proper noun

Cinco (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)

  1. 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.

See also