Why do FILIPINOS have SPANISH last names? | Pinoy Historian 🇪🇸🇵🇭

[@kentpetero5905]

His contents are not just underrated but also very informative

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thank you 😊

[@francoq2768]

I 100% agree!

[@Belisarius80]

Great info. We need to “reconsider” our impression of Spanish imperialism in the Philippines. As you stated there were native Filipinos who had and were in the same standing as other Spanish Nobility and were recognized as such. If this was the case we cannot honesty say the Spanish rule was “racist” but “classist”. Classist rule was typical all over the rule particularly in Europe and Spanish controlled areas. This is not the case however for British controlled areas as known in Africa.

[@Unknownuser1077-8oa]

I wish your channel should have more views in this content, it's sad that many our Filipinos are very ignorant that they are proud being colonial cuz of many western mindsets :(( i hope your channel will have more views

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thank youu 😊

[@robieuyuyan]

You should make a catalogue of native Filipino last names and the famous people with those names! I'll buy that book.

[@thelegascreations6715]

UP

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thanks for the idea! I'd love to make something like this, but I know it will take time 😊

[@umu8934]

UP count me in😸

[@YeehawOutlaw]

There’s whole lot of them.

[@juni__]

UP !!!

[@sisigpapi]

As per what I heard from many Igorots, it's the reason so many of them have last names that are more "native-sounding" and not Spanish, because of their successful resistance to Spanish aims of conquer. Also why the Spanish were not able to fully do an accurate census count of how many people lived in the Cordilleras

[@crisvincentudang1299]

They Successful in Spanish but Na Conquer sila ng America at Japan.

[@spencermorningstar9204]

My name is Spencer Llanes Oblimar--- Llanes, my mum's last name, are Spanish settlers from Llanes in Asturias, Spain. My father's ancestry were native lumads who adopted Oblimar from the catalogo. I have european, turkish, and lumad filipino roots known so far. My wife is American. Very diverse haha

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thanks for sharing!

[@oilairnalo]

My ex-GF was Spencer. She never married. At 80, she is a Spinster.

[@sisigpapi]

Something cool about Spanish-derived last names in the Philippines, I think it's the only country that predominantly married the "de la" together. It became "Dela" not "de la." This is at least as far as I can see on Forebears but also anecdotally. So if you live in a more multicultural place like the States and you see a last name like "Dela Cruz," "Dela Rosa," or "Dela Peña," it likely belongs to a Filipino and not a Hispanic. Any historical insight on how this came to be?

[@mikeramirez2356]

well, non-Spanish Romance languages sometimes do it too, "Dela" is also common in descendants of French settlers (but in their case it's also just part of a longer name, e.g., Delacroix).

[@jocendelapenaml]

Bakit samin ganto de la Peña

[@jocendelapenaml]

Pag nag school kami ito gamit namin Dela Peña iba iba eh

[@Ohjieun-j1j]

So there is a difference that you can distinguish Filipinos with other nationalities with Hispanic culture

[@blueblaze9862]

"De la" in Spanish means "Of the." It's just a basic way of saying "of something or somewhere" and it's also a religious connotation. When the Spaniards gave the filipinos last names, they were often kind of lazy and just gave them random or religious names like "de la cruz" which means of the "of the cross," "de Los reys" which means "of the kings" and "de la mundo" which means "of the world"...which means basically you are nobody.. you are just a citizen of earth lol. Most ppl in Spain or with real Spanish ancestry don't have names that begin with "de la" or religious family names. So the filipinos who have more NORMAL Spanish names like Sanchez, Ramirez, Carmona, Pacheco, Zuniga, etc. are more likely to have Spanish blood

[@gwynsome]

I'm writing a fantasy novel inspired by pre-colonial Philippines and this video is so helpful for my character building in my story! Learning about these names really helped a lot. Maraming salamat, kuya Kirby ❤️✨

[@klaudinegarcia8932]

Sounds interesting! whats the title of your book?? =)

[@jaimeflor4181]

Now I’m curious about reading it when it’s done.

[@christina8513]

this piqued my interest 🧡 pls update us when it's done

[@KirbyAraullo]

Salamat din and best of lu k on your novel, keep us posted 😊

[@macoswatkpop686]

Wow

[@czarpayatot]

let me just say, as someone who have studied Baybayin for years, the added Kulitan script on the Precolonial Royal Family Names (13:25) is a very nice touch. (I'm not a hundred percent sure if it is Kulitan or just Baybayin written from top-down. It probably is because a lot of the contents of the video focused on the Kapampangans, which uses Kulitan as their writing system)

[@KirbyAraullo]

It's in Kulitan 😊

[@KirbyAraullo]

Salámat!

[@jaimeflor4181]

This makes sense that the surnames were chosen off of an alphabetical list. I’m Facebook friends with a lot of my relatives in Bicol Albay and I noticed that a lot of people have surnames that start with B like my grandmothers maiden name Ballano. According to my grandfather on my father’s side of the family, we originally had a Chinese surname. There were rumors of Spanish ancestry in my family, but my sisters DNA test only shows majority East Asian, Central Asian and Polynesian.

[@piosian4196]

Pre colonial Filipinos had native names only one, Malakas, maganda etc. If they get married, the children's second name (Family name)were agreed upon, usually the father's choice. If the mother is a royalty or well off, the mother's family decides. Chinese mestizos, was confusing, since the first name is the family name. The Spanish clerks often use the child's first name as family name. The second name was used as first name. The third name often got dropped. Spanish mestizos followed the Spanish nomenclature. Mothers maiden name added last assures mother and father were the same. Illegitimate children took the mother's family name. About half of the population did not carry a family name. A decision to give "Indios" de Islas around 1849's Natives were not called anything better. A systematic way of population control to register the public with "Cedulas". In Bicol as an example was typical. People in Legaspi were given Family names that begins with "S" e,g, Sta Ana, Sanchez --- Oas Albay residents were given family names that begins with "R" e.g. Romualdo, Revereza, Rebueno etc. If a man named Marcial Romualdo (RIP) was picked up in Legaspi "Your Cedula says you should be in Oas, Albay, What are you doing in Legaspi?. Hundreds of guerillas disappeared.

[@tylerfactura1984]

As a FilAm whose mother didn’t tell me Jack squat about Filipino culture THANK YOU!!! Thank you so much for this content. It’s really helped me with researching my roots. Not gonna lie it’s been a challenge but a very fun experience. Your videos are very helpful and I’m forever grateful for what you do for the diaspora. Salamat Po!

[@blaspromdapas4871]

Maybe your motha know jack squat.

[@mechanikalbull5626]

@@blaspromdapas4871 irresponsible phhiinos but over proud when in social media

[@blaspromdapas4871]

@@mechanikalbull5626 pakyu

[@bmona7550]

Good thing I grew up in the country first before going to the States when I was 8. I feel for all the FilAms born there..

[@mechanikalbull5626]

@@blaspromdapas4871 pakyutu pagpaglander

[@jojo_pris]

Since last names can’t be made up to what you want so I decided that when I have kids I will name them with a tagalog word. Thank you so much for your channel! I was only in 4th grade when I moved to the US so I never learn more philippine history so this channel is a blessing to me.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thank you!

[@TigreRG]

In Mexico still remain some Filipino last names. I think Maganda is one very popular and I know theres a Filipino named Marcos Lumban who was married to a criolla who were one of the first families of Nuevo Leon in northern Mexico.

[@piosian4196]

250 years of Manila-Acapulco trips, some romance was bound to happen.

[@oilairnalo]

During the Spanish colonial period, natives from Philippines migrated to Mexico .They started producing the alcoholic drink called "tuba", made from coconut sap. Tuba became so popular that it competed with wine, so much so that the authorities banned tuba and destroyed their coconut plantations.

[@jordantabula542]

I have recently been trying to get to know my roots in the Philippines. I have asked my father about the languages he speaks and where we are from. My last name is pretty unique also, so it makes me more intrigued about my ancestors. Tabula is my last name, and my family speaks ilocano at home. Edit so I just went through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos and found my last name!! Wow this unlocks my own piece of history.

[@gabinopuno5855]

I think Tabula means the one who flies.

[@mayflorcatubuan7985]

My family name Catubuan came from Capiz. It is said that it came from the word katubuhan which means sugarcane fields. I did not appreciate it during my schooldays since the teachers used to mispronounce it because it is not a common family name in Iloilo. It is pronounced Ka-tub-wan. Now I appreciate this so much since I automatically know my family members since as far as I know we are the only ones with this family name. I am really glad my ancestors did not conform to having Spanish surnames.

[@neilsumanda1538]

It's not kinda obvious bcuz we two words: Tubú (sugar cane) Tubû (to grow) Without the diacritics I did figure this one, but yes. Although in modern Visaya, "Sugarcane Plantation" is called KATUBHAN (from KATUBUHAN, from Tubú which is sugar cane).

[@sophialoren7855]

Yes, it's also a word in Ilonggo that means sugarcane field.

[@akinemainunangugel9650]

you have Spanish name (C) hehe... not like ex: katakutan

[@lianflores7888]

@@akinemainunangugel9650 if am not mistaken it is Catacutan.

[@akinemainunangugel9650]

@@lianflores7888 ah really, but my friend name use k... well my nanay said it must be C, but they use it hehe,

[@mayam7752]

It's so hard to do genealogy in my Filipino family because of a lot of reasons stated in this video.

[@valarmorghulis8139]

Dna test

[@lctj.9989]

It hit me when you said Panggasinan has many last names that starts with "C". Bcos in my hometown Zambales, there were many last names that starts with "D" like Dimain, Dimabasa, Dumlao, etc.

[@guinpucan]

See, it's wrong info. More research first.

[@dantesalazar7805]

Those are not spanish,maybe they register later and no more spanish to choose,they chose their native name

[@reghdelosreyes6416]

Bicol has many Bs (Blanche is my mom’s maiden name), Batangas has also many Cs and Ds (Datinguinoo namn my father’s) though more of them are still Tagalog and not Spanish sounding bka di sila inabot ng decree ni Claveria hehe. Now my hubby’s is Delos Reyes

[@dantesalazar7805]

@@reghdelosreyes6416 mine is seylour

[@neilsumanda1538]

in cebuano there is DUHAYLUNGSOD (two towns), then there is DOSPUEBLOS, they mean the same, but I'm not sure if DOSPUEBLOS is used as a spanish lastname.

[@ellyyyy11]

I learned so much in this video that I never learned or even touched in ph educ system... Andaming mga apelyido na akala ko Spanish, indigenous roots pala galing, nakakamangha!!! Kudos to you!!!

[@alejandrotanaquin178]

Let's take it as HONORABLE mention, its understood , my dear GIRL, !!!

[@rolandblas7381]

There are two men from Pampanga, PI arrived on Guam as recorded in 1710 and the other arrived in 1725 both possibly are Brothers who were named JUAN BLAS deCORTES and the other arrived in 1725 named JOSE BLAS deCORTES who later changed his name to JOSE CORTES BLAS which began the entire BLAS CLAN on Guam. It would like to know more information of these two men from Pampanga, Philippines.

[@jurielmarong322]

Our Ong clan originated from Amoy (now Xiamen) , Fujian province, China. My great-great-great grandfather migrated from China to Ibajay, Capiz (now part of Aklan). Today, out surname is one of the prominent chinese surnames in the Philippines and the top 61 most common surname of the Philippines. Thank you for this wonderful content sir Araullo!

[@quenchtv5436]

Is that true the phils is richer than china thats why some chinese people migrated to the philippines to find job since cchina is a communist country they are not allowed to enter the philippines thats why they used filipino surnames my friend told me their original surname is "Ong" but shes using filipino surnames because of that later on it passes to the next generation of their family

[@CIAinTaiwanAndUkraine]

@@quenchtv5436 I thought it's because the Chinese who came here were fleeing the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party when they had just taken over the entirety of China just after World War 2

[@jurielmarong322]

@@quenchtv5436 Since the 16 century, Spanish Manila is welcome for Chinese Catholics that's why we have the oldest Chinatown in the world. However, it is also true that some Chinese migrated from China because their country is suffering from their government crisis back then and to find better opportunity here in the Philippines. But I don't have any ideas about the changing of surnames...

[@quenchtv5436]

@@CIAinTaiwanAndUkraine idk much about that actually i just heard that from a filipino chinese vlogger here and some stories i have watched online the chinoy guy is looking for his roots to china he said his great granpa moved to ph to find a job since china before is a poor country while the philippines is a rich country before he didnt say what yr later on he found his relative in china

[@quenchtv5436]

@@jurielmarong322 i just heard that from a chinoy vloggers here in youtube i cant find her channel if i can i'll share it here 😊

[@rugeneantonnolasco6311]

My Surname is Nolasco from Bicol, I don't know where that Name came from, but I know my Grandfather's middle name is Sioson, it's sort of a Chinese Surname, maybe it came from Sison and changed it to Sioson after many years have past, my Grandfather has a strong feature of a Chinese, he has a Chinese descent, then the blood passes to my father, still has a bit of chinese × filipino features like ⅓, then passes to me, I have like ¼ features of a chinese × filipino as well. But I would like to know where did the "Nolasco" surname came from, I don't know if it came from the Law that have been applied back then that all Native filipinos should have Spanish Surnames.

[@JemelisTyping]

My family name is "Paculba." I was taught by my family that it comes from the cebuano word "Kulba" which means to perturb or to make someone uneasy.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Maybe your ancestors made the enemies uneasy 🤔😊

[@JemelisTyping]

@@KirbyAraullo we’re also originally from Siquijor so it might be that dark magic that made them uneasy lol.

[@KirbyAraullo]

@@JemelisTyping even better! Lol

[@HannahAngcos]

My last name is Angcos and my paternal grandfather is originally from Visayas in Cebu. We have unknown history about our genealogy after WWII. I’m really curious about our origin. However in my maternal side, my great grand mother. I know for sure that I have indigenous roots from Mandaya tribe in Mindanao. The last name is Dangyao.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Daghang salamat for sharing! 😊

[@francoq2768]

One of my top favorite videos you've ever made. thank you for this!

[@bearhandsph865]

My mother's side is from Leyte: Lastra, Anocop, Aguilar, Saavedra My father's side is from Pangasinan: De Vera, Bondad, Austria That's all I know about my roots

[@miguelvina7188]

I do not have an indigenous last name lol. Vina, Villasis, Fulgueras, Revelo, Villa

[@denisovich_est2008]

I'm proud that I am a native Filipino. Igorot warriors from the North

[@dathunderman4]

You should be. I heard some Filipinos actually take pride in having Spanish blood, or they try to claim they’re part Spanish.

[@tikoytuks2416]

Sir Kirby, researching my genealogy is something I’m always working on slowly. I was wondering if you might be able to point me in any direction for online resources as I’m not yet able to return to Batangas to further research my Patrelineal heritage. Lawang is my surname, but apparently it’s spelling was changed upon my Lolo’s registration as a sundalo for WWII. He fought in Bataan, but I only just found out that he’s originally from Batangas. Furthermore, his father or his Lolo fought either in the Spanish-American war or another war against the Spanish and his heritage is from Nueva Ecija. So to add further confusion the original spelling of our surname was Lauan or Lau Ang or some variation of the aforementioned...

[@jayarmarilag6691]

Hi Kirby! Thanks for making this content. I deeply appreciate your video. I'm Jay-ar from Dubai. I grew up and studied in Albay until high school. All of the surnames in my school are Spanish in origin except mine. They take pride of their Spanish sounding last names like Alcala, Borja, Burgos, Moran, Peña, Raynera, Salceda, Salcedo, Santayana and the list goes on. Both my surname and middle name are unique so my teachers and classmates were curious of their origins. 'A name is a name and they were simply made to distinguish one family from the other'- that's my usual reply when they ask me why my surname is different and where it came from. Until I went to college and I did a research on my ancestry for a History 2 assignment in UP. The search went to a halt when I encountered the Alphabetical Catalog of Surnames. I am shocked to find out that mine are not on the list. Marilag (from Albay) is my surname and Maglana (from Camarines Sur) is my middle name. At least your video brought some light to this ancestry puzzle of mine. All the best and more success to your KZbin channel Kirby!

[@karlaramirez1103]

Hi Kirby! New subscriber here! Really like your channel. It's not just very informative, but it also taking us all to our roots which we often neglected. I'm curious to know if there was really such a thing such as "surname buying" before. My surname is Ramirez but my great grandfather was Chinese and had Yap as his original surname. According to my dad, his grandfather bought the surname Ramirez when he converted to Catholicism and married my Filipina great grandmother. Was this a thing before? Thank you in advance.

[@ianrey5235]

your knowledge in your family's history is admirable! i wish i could know more about mine. however, my last name is spanish and there are so many others with the same one so it's so difficult to track my ancestors. i wish i knew what our names were before the decree.

[@maximilianc9897]

Hang on…why would you have haters? You are just the bearer of information. It’s up to your viewers to accept or not. Thank you for creating interesting and informative videos. Salamat abe.

[@jimjames2429]

I believe people do not like this content because of the historic truths. The facts being that the majority of FIlipinos with surnames do not have links to Spain. Unlike the Mexico and the New World, there was no mass migrations from Spain to the Philippines. The percentage of Spanish ancestry in the Philippines is very low. The direct descendants of the Spanish, are still very prominent people and have held on to their social status. Unless, which is true, descendants were born out of wedlock and are linked by this type of history.

[@belindadomingo]

My maternal grandfather family comes Pangasinan and has the warrior class surname of Mamaril: One who shoots. Our family also seems to have a tall gene of 6 foot plus men - some PBA basketballers share this surname too. I can imagine these Filipino giants being incredible warriors in those olden times!

[@juliomandiaga9612]

Does mamaril mean to shoot same in conjugation as mamili? I have been collecting words of Austronesian origin, From what I have read so far baril is Austronesian in origin 1. Bedil (Bedhil) Gun. English Javanese vocabulary by Egner, D. W Published 1920 2. “The name by which fire-arms are usually called is badil, a general one for any missile. The native term badil extends to the languages of all the more cultivated nations, although sometimes corrupted, as in the example of the Philippine tongues, in which it is pronounced baril.” John Crawfurd, A descriptive dictionary of the Indian islands & adjacent countries by John Crawfurd Published 1856 2.vv

[@jamesmccloud7535]

Really informative video, I learned a lot from this. Good Spanish pronunciation btw!

[@joelanajao571]

Can you make a topic on the history of filipino martial art, the origin of this was really controversial among local and foreign practitioners. Arnis was declared as our national martial art and sport. As of now there are three main hypotheses with regards to this, the first hypothesis claiming that the arnis was a version of prehispanic martial art, the second hypothesis is suggesting that arnis/eskrima was developed by filipinos during the spanish colonial period with influences of spanish swordsmanship, and the third hypothesis is that, this matial art was developed from the teaching of spanish friars/soldiers to the locals to defend themselves against marauding moors from the south. Your research and insight is very appreciated. Thanks and Mabuhay.

[@gregorypetty6887]

I heard that Filipino martial arts came from India en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnis#Origins

[@christina8513]

My last name is Panday and since then, I really think that it's very unique.It's so cool to know these facts about Filipino surnames.🧡

[@KirbyAraullo]

Panday is Blacksmith, so perhaps your precolonial ancestors were skilled in making weapons 😊

[@christina8513]

@@KirbyAraullo interesting! Thank you po

[@fatimafaris3544]

@@christina8513 mine is soyosa I wonder if it is native or Spanish maybe Japanese hahaha.

[@piosian4196]

@@KirbyAraullo The Spanish authorities probably did not know. If they did he would have been a suspect supplying arms to Insurrectos.

[@kimivanbasilan5897]

Sana indigenous clothing at accessories naman next content, Kuya Kirby. Im always fascinated with your Instagram posts

[@ghostlightning]

Great subject. The Philippine/Capampangan-specific Chinese last names are portmanteau versions of full names right? Co Wang Co for Cojuangco, for example. I'm curious about Davaoeño last names from my extended family: Dean (Dey-an) and Godoy. They don't sound like anything else I've come across in the country. Also, I would appreciate it (as the rest of my family and friends who I share your videos with) if you would do the finger snapping into transitions or after you make a point. They're annoying to the point of aggravation that unnecessarily prevents your otherwise good content from being viewable, or taken seriously. Respectfully yours

[@Kroellmaster]

Love your content, Kirby. Just posting here for the algorithm.

[@Jane00223]

Most of the old families in our baranggay have surnames that starts with G, Galang, Gonzales, Gregorio, Garcia, Golez etc.

[@lizzzielosty]

I have always been curious about certain last names. There is Carandang which I suspect could have been Ka Randang at some point, like saying “ of Ka Randang” like how they have -dottir and -son in other cultures.

[@toxicab23]

I love your videos, Kirby. Would you explain the historical explanation (if there is such) of the generalization of personality of each region/province in the Philippines. I.e. Ilokano-kuripot, Kapampangan-mayabang, Batangeño-matapang, Ilonggo- malambing Waray-takaw-away etc. thanks! More power to your channel!

[@rizalitogomba6303]

Sorry for the stereotyping for the Waray as away...had you ever meet us and know us as a people? I beg your understanding to refrain from branding people...we are not here to bully, branding and stereotyping of ethnicity or languistic group...we are here to help each other to understand our past to let us draw our future as a nation of the Great Philippines.

[@toxicab23]

@@rizalitogomba6303 Kuya, I didn’t mean to offend you. I did not single out one specific region of the stereotype. Stereotyping ethnic group in the Philippines is very common. For example, Kirby is a proud Kapampangan but as you can tell he does not come out as “mayabang”. I am part Ilokano. Although I’d say I’m frugal but not to the extreme that would be considered kuropit. Perhaps there is some truth to the generalization. That is why I am asking a scholar (Kirby) to explain the historical background to these generalization/stereotypes. Hindi po ako naghahanap ng away. Hehe. Peace!

[@rizalitogomba6303]

@@toxicab23 You are now sounding as what you branded us...well I accept your apology, again I am sorry for my comment, I don't mean also to hurt you Kapatid... thanks for understanding too... One of the candidate is a mix blooded Ilocano and Waray... you see him palaaway or he had both the ilocano and waray blood of Matapang and Banayad... not palaaway di ba

[@bryanaliping1547]

My last name is Aliping, I am an Igorot from mountain province, my parents speak Kankanaey and ancestors originally from Benguet tribe. My last name is not derived from Spanish, as well as my middle name, Cabansi

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@primoxanthous511]

My last name is "Padojinog". We're told that our great great ancestor is one of the 10 Datus who came from Borneo and settled in Panay Island. where they founded the Confederation of Madja-as and in the 15th century this Ilonggo polity became a naval powerhouse and raided Ming Treasure ships and the settlements in the southern coast of China.

[@SaiTangHuang]

Your Spanish accent is excellent. You do seem to pronounce the ce and ci groups using the standard castilian method, but your "s" also follows the same pronunciation, which is not standard castilian. This form would be common in specific local accents. In standard castilian it would need to be an a sound somewhere between the English s and sh. Or is it that this is actually a common form of local Spanish pronunciation in the Philippines?

[@bobbyalexanderdatingaling]

Short answer, Filipinos pronounce Spanish words similar to the way Spanish people pronounce them. Only that, there's an apparent Filipino accent in there.

[@languishanguish1524]

Our last names aren't here. My 5th generation grandfather from my father's side bears the name of SENECA but is said to be Spanish. We later found out he's of Greek descent but born in Spain, later assigned to the Philippines for work.

[@sophialoren7855]

Have you actually tried to open the copy of the catalogo?

[@languishanguish1524]

@@sophialoren7855 Why? What's your point?

[@miguelvina7188]

@@sophialoren7855 i could not find it but I found my own last name in Spanish last names list

[@marthagonzalez2355]

Sure

[@siuala]

Luíd ka Kirby for this comprehensive vlog and for retrieving Kapampángan History that has been swept under the rug of the current mainstream narrative!

[@danilolacangan5450]

My maternal side is Martinez in adopted surname but when our old bones insisted that some of them sided with the hated conquestadores and thieves they created a name that's rare and hard to found in Luzon, LACANGAN. Now anyone who had this surname or middlename are surely from the same clan.

[@fugak-han0072]

¡Je je je! no sabía esas cosas sobre nuestros nombres o apellidos hasta qué nos dijo la historia 😄 De lejos, su manera de narrar es la más buena y divertida. ¡ Lo disfruté !

[@KirbyAraullo]

¡muchas gracias! 🥰

[@solar.sounds.healing]

Wow thanks for this education! This is very detailed.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Dacal a Salámat friend ❤️💛💚

[@troyHYEacelottSUNG]

This video is superb!!! It deserves million views!!!

[@KirbyAraullo]

Maraming salamat!

[@rosedurian]

Hello, I have been watching your videos for a long time and they are always educational. I hope this will be more open in schools. Thank you for sharing these knowledge!

[@chino0304]

Very interesting video! I am from Tabaco City, Albay and almost everyone in our locality have surnames beginning with the letter B. Some of the common surnames are Bonaobra, Burce, Borromeo, and Bonto. Same goes with our neighboring municipalities Malinao and Tiwi where surnames start with the letter C. Oas with R, Guinobatan with O, Daraga and Camalig with L,M,N.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thanks for sharing! Yes I can also confirm that all my relatives in Malinao, Albay have C last names 😊

[@nativitymusic]

My father's side is Belen & Manalo from Alaminos/San Pablo Laguna/Luzon. My mother's side is Alforja in Calamba Laguna/Luzon and Gonzalez in Zambales/Luzon and Lagare in Cebu. Growing up we were taught to always ask a new Pilipino you meet in America, "What Island, Probinsya, and Barrangay is your family from?" and if you found out you had similar last names and your Lola/Lolo's ran into familiar people at bigger family parties you were probably distantly related.

[@lctj.9989]

Growing up, I've always been wondering where my ancestors from my dad-side came from. It's kinda hard to track since my ancestors have moved from one province to another. I just know that my last name "Jaring" originally came from "Jarin" who migrated from Cavite to Bataan and then to Zambales. But I have no clue of its origins beyond that since that last name seems to be very uncommon in the Philippines.

[@arnoldstallonereeves7469]

Ofcourse we are Filipinos, it will be hard for use to trace our ancestors we are too diverse.

[@quenchtv5436]

You should try dna test but it's expensive

[@valarmorghulis8139]

You can take a dna test It will show you where your mother and father's clans came from

[@Averroes_313]

I'm from Malaysia, Jaring means Net in Bahasa Melayu where people use it for fishing. When I saw this video, the miniature cartoons look like traditional Malay costumes

[@thelegascreations6715]

Tama nga 'yong sinabi sa 'kin ng teacher ko back when I was in high school. At ngayon, I already have a strong evidences with regards to this matter. Thank you, napakarami king natutunan sa 'yo!🤍

[@miguelvina7188]

I believe all of my family's last names are all in Spanish except my grandmoms side: Viña, Villasis, Revelo. My grandmas last name is Dabon but its actually a branch of Uy family, a somehow prominent Filipino Chinese family in Mindanao. My cousins are hairier than average Pinoy including myself. Idk if my fathers side were either originally Spanish or Mexican

[@levyoliver5363]

I mostly have Spanish family names. And a British Last name.! Im proud to be mix Spanish, British and Filipino!.

[@TheRiceguy78]

Kirby did you say macapagal is one of those royal names? aka the former presidents of the philippines?

[@LilyCloverSun]

I am also a Tayag of Kapampanga! ❤ A lot of my family passed before I got to learn more about them. Very cool to learn more about my own last name!

[@voltaire1211]

That's fascinating... Thank You...

[@eduardocojuangco3613]

Love your videos! Learning so much

[@Yle-vp8vg]

My ancestors are from Borneo and settled in Mindanao and most of us living in Visayas and Luzon. Our ancestors fight the Spanish and did not changed our surname. I'm proud of my ancestors! 😍

[@alfonsoleyson3962]

Many kapampangan got last names with suffix as “son”. They were actually Chinese converted to christianity. Last names like Tuazon from Tua, singson from sing, bengson from beng, sison from Si, Suazon from sua, and ours Leyson from Lee.

[@angeliaLynn]

My husband's last name is Villanueva. He's from the Philippines Born and raised. He has Spanish and Japanese blood not much but he does have it, he's mostly Filipino. He speaks Tagalog and ilocano and English

[@overeye6]

Hello Kirby, seeing this a year after you made it available and I say, "very interesting". My dad was from Candaba, Pampanga but he already had a Spanish last name. His middle name, however, may be indigenous, "Kalaw". Do you have any info on that? My mom's side always had Spanish last names but it may be because their dad, my grandpa, was a meztiso. They went by "Villanueva" and "campaner" with the Spanish "n". Thanks very much and keep it going Kirby!

[@skriniii]

This video is so interesting!!!

[@paulherrera8595]

Much appreciation for this video! I never realized that some lastnames are native origin instead og Spanish.

[@klaudinegarcia8932]

I'm all for a 2nd video! :) I dont have any native names I only have Cariño because through my Mom's side I have Spanish ancestry.

[@valarmorghulis8139]

Try dna test to see if you have spanish ancestry.

[@marthagonzalez2355]

Jaja

[@Dario636]

Hindi na kailangan ng DNA. Yung lahi. Nakikita agad sa mukha, unang tingin pa lang.

[@mayaheegaming8828]

Hi Kirby!! Loving your videos so far. Can you share some of your favorite books on Philippine history?

[@AndreAndre-yd5gw]

I would say the Filipinos with Spanish last names, especially if they got fair skin, might have a Spanish ancestor on their family tree. My Filipina wife got lighter skin and a Spanish family name. She has a picture of her great grandma who looks like a Caucasian-filipino mix. Most likely the great grandma had a Spanish father.

[@xtgm6515]

True. My father's family name is Garcia and he was tall, with pink skin, long oval face, Caucasian nose and light eyes. His siblings and father, uncle all looked Spanish. I did not meet my grandmother she passed away before I was born. Her family name is Esguerra, another Spanish-sounding name. My father did not look Filipino at all and so his siblings and father. They had deep-set eyes. Even our Irish parish priest thought My father was European. But I am not mestisa. I am morena because of my mother who was not mestisa.

[@AMoniqueOcampo]

My aunt told me that apparently, I am distantly related to Jose Rizal. It's like a 1% chance cuz he lived in the same neighborhood as my dad's side of my family.

[@mosaiartjewelry5113]

I'm starting to love your content ❤ thank you

[@roseanntano2600]

I am really curious about my surname. Napaka-unique kasi. Iniisip ko na lang na baka Chinese ang pinagmulan nito. Anyway,Estiva, Villapando, & Salvador are the Spanish surnames in my family, Dapula is the native one, and yes, I think Tano originated from Chinese. Maraming salamat, Kirby! Ang dami ko na naman natutunan! Ang sarap maging Pinoy dahil sa mga kagaya mong mapagmahal sa ating kasaysayan, sa ating roots, and the Philippines in general. Keep it up and God bless!

[@MarTocado]

A Filipino friend sent me this video. So informative and interesting!! thank you.

[@KirbyAraullo]

You're welcome 😊

[@krukrok5218]

8:58 Wait I have a question. We actually had a representative in the Spanish parliament? I thought that was the reform Rizal advocated. Hope you answer.

[@krukrok5218]

19:44 Is it football?

[@chemiguel940]

Nicely done Kirby!

[@aislinnkeilah7361]

Great podcast - very informative

[@charlimaevaldez3006]

Hello Sir Kirby, it's my first time here and I just land in your video (this video) after many "slide down to refresh".. For me, my favorite authentic surname was Lacsamana (though it has Indian origin, pero authentic po due it's backstory), surname Bulosan (from my grandmother's middle name of my father's side and came from Tarlac) and Sikatuna.. I'm very jealous to some Filipinos have authentic surname (like literally).. My surname is Valdez.. Thanks for such an informative video!! 🥲👍🏻

[@renesarabia6442]

Your lola is Pangasinense? My lolo is Pangasinense, my great grandfather was the gobernadorcillo of Villasis, his name was Don Eugenio Bascos.

[@nutflix2131]

Nice one kirby

[@m00nseer04]

my mother's side of the family's maiden name is flores and i legally have that as my surname even though i'm supposed to have my father's which is tigolo. i'm not entirely sure but is tigolo of filipino origin? it doesn't sound spanish to me.

[@felixramos8735]

If we are talking about vlog or contents, this is it. Keep it up!

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thank you! 🙏🏽

[@smithsonian2464]

On all my records from the Philippines, my last name is Dominguez. My first and last name are Jerome Dominguez. Have no idea what my middle name is or if I was even given a middle name when i was born in the orphanage in '98. When I'm older and I have the time and resources, I actually want to spend some time doing some research into my Filipino roots.

[@angelitasitton1576]

I love this I share to all my friends i love History to share so people can understand everything about Pilipino.

[@paiwanhan]

Naming conventions are different between tribes in Taiwan as well. Some like Atayal uses the name of their father as their "last name". Some like Paiwan would have house names. Some like the Tao from Ponso no Tao changes their name when they become parents and would change again when they become grandparents. So instead of being know as the name one grew up with, once tthe child is born, if the child is named Manaik, the parents' names would become something similar to Manaik's dad, or Manaik's mom.

[@paiwanhan]

From all the last names, I heard patay - to kill - from *pa-aCay, and from langit - sky - *laŋiC. Sadly that's all I got from all those last names you've mentioned.

[@PutingPinoy]

Christening ang alam ko, dahil sa pang-aapi ng Mga Spanish noon. Anyhow, Panoorin ko para malaman ko kung Tama ako.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Maraming salamat 😊

[@jaytalking07]

Do you know what pre-colonial names we had for the various places across the islands now known as the Philippines? I’d love to see a video on this!

[@viquirara7671]

My lastname is SAPALARAN. My parents are from Panay Island. But the meaning of my last name definitely is Tagalog. One time, my Uncle found out that Sapalarans came from Mindoro. I am unsure if we belong to the Mangyan tribes of Mindoro, which I think the reason why we kept our last name.

[@xtgm6515]

Sapalaran means destiny or fate. Makipagsapalaran - take a chance or risk or opportunity. A very meaningful name.

[@ChadGardenSinLA]

Hey Kirby! Could you make a video of your reaction to your DNA test? I just order tests for my parents, sibling, and me from 4 different companies MyAncestry, GPS, MyHeritage, etc. We'll also upload our results to the free DNA companies too like WeGene, MyTrue Ancestry and GenoMeLink. With all the data we collect we should have a pretty broad and specific idea of our lineages M&F, migrations, and relatives. With so much of our history erased and white-washed, these DNA tests have been illuminating.

[@TonyAgcaoili]

Who is the artist who drew all of the beautiful pictures?

[@wolfsbane687]

Just curious question, where is the original book of this catalogo? Does the catálogo survive?

[@ozzo870]

amazing video!

[@mannysalonga7393]

Hello Mr Kirby Arraullo tanong ko lang ano tawag sa language nito or ano letters ito …. Yun mga sulat ng mga apelyido na pinakita mo …. Thanks

[@KirbyAraullo]

It’s the indigenous Kapampangan script called “Kulitan”

[@mannysalonga7393]

@@KirbyAraullo thanks a lot ….

[@ramonsalvador777]

Wow! Kasanting ning blog mu bro! Keep it up Kabalen! Very informative and entertaining! Push me yan!

[@KirbyAraullo]

Dacal a salamat kabalen!

[@reymondlongtable3030]

Hi kirby, I'm curious if you have any information with surnames from bohol. My surname is Mesagrande and currently there are only around 200 individuals who bear this name. Another thing, my grandmother's surname which is Sumatra which is the same as the Indonesian Sumatra, it is known in bohol that Sumatras are Mestizo looking, in fact i visited bohol in 2017 and my relatives would say that I do look like a Sumatra. Maybe you can provide any background? Thanks and more power!

[@mariofuente6205]

Asombroso!!! Gracias por el video amigo

[@KirbyAraullo]

De nada 😊

[@dwightalexander2648]

My last name is "Tupaz", different spelling from the raja of cebu's lastname in this video, which i learned from my grandfather that there are many different variation and spelling of their lastname, since their forefathers were forced to use different spellings so the real descendants of the sultanate would not get caught, so they move from leyte to anywhere in the country so their lastname can be preserved. Even i don't know if i descended from the line of the raja or one of its retainer who used its last name to confuse the pursuers.

[@martillodelajusticia7211]

Just a little note for the pronunciation. In spain the only sillables that are pronunce as the english (th) are: ce ci, za, zo, zu (is not common to see words with ze and zi). The word that have s are pronounce as the general s, as any other spanish speaker pronounce the s (the s in spain is a little bit different but still sounds like the sound of a snake, really similar to the american one)

[@opineapplesart]

My surname is "Opeña" and until now, I'm still confused about it. But, I'm a pure Filipino

[@oilairnalo]

My family reside in Cebu. Once we toured Bohol, and there's that Sikatuna-Legaspi Blood Compact Artwork. Pointing to the likeness of Legaspi, I told my son: "There's your great, great, great grandpa". That's because my wife's mother was a Legaspi. But was she really descended from Legaspi? Well, in 1565 the consquitador Legaspi arrived in Cebu together with a son and a grandson. By the time he died in 1572 ,he had achieved Philippine conquest for Spain, yet he died bankrupt and hence, his descendants should not be expected to be wealthy by inheritance. In Spain, Legaspi is a rare surname. Today there are more persons with the Legaspi surname in the Phil. than in Spain.