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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