Philippine Name - Other Filipino Surnames of Foreign Origins

Other Filipino Surnames of Foreign Origins

  • Amaranto(Greek αμάραντος - "amaranth" or "unfading")
  • Ambrosio (Italian "Of the Immortals"),
  • Babia (Spanish/Mexican/Slovak Babje )
  • Barceló (Portuguese "Barcelos")
  • Bonnevie(French Bonne Vie or "good life")
  • Castiglione (Italian - "Castille" / "castle")
  • Chowdhary (Indian चौधरी, caudhari)
  • Gabor (Hungarian. Hungarians usually have this as their Christian name.)
  • Godinez (Hispanicised, derived from Russian surname Годунов, Godunov)
  • Jaworski (Polish)
  • Kehanu (Hawaiian "breeze over the mountains")
  • Mancebo (Portuguese/Spanish "youth" or "boy")
  • Marfori (Italian Marforri)
  • Malferari (Italian Malferarri)
  • Monfort (American/British "Mountfort")
  • Millamena(American surname)
  • Mortiz (Spanish or Latin, root word "muerte" or "mort", respectively which means "death")
  • Noga (Slavic nations and Polynesian nations)
  • Pacheco (Portuguese)
  • Parma (Italian, indirect family branch)
  • Piccio (Italian)
  • Portogalera (Portuguese/Spanish- - "galley harbor/port")
  • Quibranza (Mexican)
  • Raj (Indian राज्य - "Kingdom")
  • Ranido (Spanish)
  • Roxas/Rojas (Mexican Spanish - "red/s")
  • Ruais (French)
  • Saltat (Latin "dance")
  • Somero or Someroux (French)
  • Santander (Spanish)
  • Singh (Indian सिंह - "lion")
  • Subido (Spanish, which means "improved")
  • Tasic (Serbian and Croation Tasić, Tасић)
  • Vacalares (Portuguese - root word "va" and "calar" which means "will silence/kill")
  • Vedano(Italian/Portuguese - "see")
  • Zhornack (Polish)

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