Cinco

See also: cinco

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

NCOIC, conic

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Sinco
Singco

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

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

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 14,964^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 37,223 individuals.