Sinco

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Cinco
Singco

Etymology

Ultimately, an alternative spelling of Cinco, originally from Hokkien 吳／吴 (Gô͘), via Hispanicization of Chinese surname 吳／吴 (Gô͘) by similar sounding Calque of Hokkien 五 (gǒ͘, “five”) to Spanish cinco (“five”), and then later Filipinized through Filipino orthography.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiŋko/, [ˈsiŋ.ko]
Hyphenation: Sin‧co

Proper noun

Sinco (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)

a surname

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sinco is the 147,758^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 2,995 individuals.

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