Cojuangco

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 許寰哥／许寰哥 (Khó͘ Hoân-ko), via Spanish, the Spanish-era romanized Hokkien Chinese name of the family patriarch, composed of the patriarch's original surname, then one of the syllable's of his given name (either the personal non-generational character or the generational character of his Chinese given name), then the Hokkien 哥 (ko, “older brother”) male honorific suffix.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kohuˈaŋko/ [koˈhwaŋ.ko], /koˈaŋko/ [koˈaŋ.ko] (relaxed)
• Rhymes: -aŋko
• Syllabification: Co‧ju‧ang‧co

Proper noun

Cojuangco (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜑᜓᜏᜅ᜔ᜃᜓ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien, borne by a known political and business clan in the Philippines

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cojuangco is the 4,942 most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 2,771 individuals.