Other Altered and Combined Surnames
Here are other alterations in the Spanish surnames and foreign surnames that are common in Visayan-inhabited areas, especially in Visayas and northern Mindanao:
- Englis (although its "English", they remove the 'H' from it for no reason. But the derivation was of Spanish "Inglés" so some said that they reshuffled the spelling)
- Golis (Spanish, Golez)
- Gomis (Spanish, Gomez)
- Ranis (origin unknown, probably Spanish Ranez)
- Sendaydiego (a combination of Japanese Sendai 仙台 and Spanish Diego)
- Valmorida (a combination from Japanese Morita 森田 and Spanish word "valle" - "valley")
- Wahiman (originally Ojiman/Ohiman. They altered the spelling to separate themselves from their relatives of same name because they are not well-accepted in their clan due to social status.)
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Famous quotes containing the words altered and/or combined:
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