Sinco

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Cinco.

Proper noun

Sinco

  1. a surname​

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • Cinco (alternate spelling resulting from seseo in Philippine Spanish, more prevalent)

Etymology

From Hokkien 吳／吴 (Gô͘), which is nearly homophonous to 五 (gǒ͘, “five”), was then calqued into Spanish Cinco, and was then Filipinized with seseo to Sinco.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsinko/

Proper noun

Sinco

  1. A surname​.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sin is the 4,124th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 3,222 individuals.

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