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)

1. 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)

1. 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.

See also

• Go
• Goh
• Ngo
• Wu
• Gozon