Cinco
See also: cinco
English edit
Etymology edit
Common Filipino-Chinese surname. Ultimately, an alternative spelling of Tagalog Sinco, from Chinese 吳/吴 (Go). (Hispanicized transcription of Chinese surname).
Proper noun edit
Cinco (plural Cincos)
- A surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsiŋko/, [ˈsiŋ.ko]
- Rhymes: -iŋko
- Homophone: singko
- Syllabification: Cin‧co
Proper noun edit
Cinco (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)
- a surname from Hokkien common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cinco is the 14,964th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 37,223 individuals.