Surname Spotlight: Presidential Family Names

SURNAME	ORIGIN	TYPE
Acuña	Spanish	Locational
Aguinaldo	Spanish	Noun
Aquino	Italian	Locational
Aragon	Spanish	Locational
Arroyo	Spanish	Locational
Banzon	Filipino-Chinese	Descriptive
Bonifacio	Spanish	Patronymic
Cojuangco	Filipino-Chinese	Patronymic
De Castro	Spanish	Locational
De Leon	Spanish	Locational
Del Fierro	Spanish	Occupational
Del Rosario	Spanish	Noun
Dimataga	Filipino	Verb
Edralin	Spanish	Unknown
Ejercito	Spanish	Noun
Famy	Spanish	Noun
Garcia	Spanish	Patronymic
Guingona	Spanish	Locational
Hidalgo	Spanish	Occupational
Laurel	Spanish	Locational
Lopez	Spanish	Patronymic
Macaraeg	Filipino	Verb
Magsaysay	Filipino	Verb
Marcos	Spanish	Patronymic
Marcelo	Spanish	Patronymic
Martinez	Spanish	Patronymic
Molina	Spanish	Locational
Osmeña	Moslem	Patronymic
Pangan	Filipino	Verb
Pelaez	Spanish	Patronymic
Pimentel	Spanish	Occupational
Polestico	Spanish	Locational
Quezon	Spanish	Descriptive
Quirino	Spanish	Patronymic
Ramos	Spanish	Locational
Rivera	Spanish	Locational
Romualdez	Spanish	Patronymic
Roxas	Spanish	Descriptive
Sumulong	Filipino	Verb
Syquia	Filipino-Chinese	Descriptive
Tolentino	Spanish	Locational
Valdez	Spanish	Patronymic

The surnames above are the family names of Philippine Presidents. Included also are their maternal family name, their wife's name, as well as the family names of Philippine Vice-Presidents.

For clarification on surname types, please go to "Where to Start: Family Names".

More discussion will be made on the history of each family name in the succeeding articles.