Cinco

Common Filipino-Chinese surname. Ultimately, an alternate spelling of Tagalog Sinco, from Chinese 吳／吴 (Go). (Hispanicized transcription of Chinese surname).

Cinco (plural Cincos)

1. a surname from Min Nan common on Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

• NCOIC, conic

• Sinco
• Singco

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsinko/, [ˈsiŋ.ko]

Cinco

1. a surname from Min Nan common on Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

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.

• Go
• Goh
• Ngo
• Wu
• Gozon