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200 Most Common Last Names in the Cordilleras

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From our first article featuring the most common last names in the Philippines, let’s zero in on the beautiful mountains of the Cordillera and find out the surnames with the most people bearing it in the Cordillera Administrative Region. Take a look at the list and if you live in the Cordilleras, it might be either you have the last name or you know someone who bears the surname.

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Top 200 Most Common Surnames in Cordillera Administrative Region

The database was collated by Forebears, a global genealogy website ranking the last names according to Incidence or the number of people who bear the surname, Frequency or the ratio and percentage who bear the surname, Percent of Parent or the percentage of name bearers living in the region, and last name’s Rank in the Philippines according to the Top 1000 Most Common Last Names in the Philippines. Here are the top 200 most common last names in CAR as of 2014.

Top 3 Most Common Last Names in CAR

1. Garcia

Ranked as the 2nd most common last name in the Philippines, Garcias are ranked first in the Cordillera with 5,714 name bearers or about 1 of 299 people.

2. dela Cruz

Earlier reported as the topnotcher in the most common last names in the Philippines, dela Cruz takes the second spot in CAR with 5,600 name bearers which is about 1 in 305 people.

3. Dulnuan

Although Dulnuan didn’t make it in the top 1000 last names in PH, it is quite prevalent in the Cordilleras with 5,373 people bearing the name.

Top 1-50 Surnames in CAR

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in the Philippines
1	Garcia	5,714	05:59	1.30%	2
2	dela Cruz	5,600	06:05	0.90%	1
3	Dulnuan	5,373	06:18	55.59%	1,001
4	Domingo	4,958	06:45	3.36%	24
5	Ramos	4,613	07:11	1.23%	4
6	Mendoza	4,345	07:34	1.17%	5
7	Valdez	4,216	07:46	3.18%	33
8	Bautista	3,854	08:24	1.34%	9
9	Fernandez	3,644	08:49	1.35%	11
10	Flores	3,242	09:47	1.04%	7
11	de Guzman	3,233	09:49	1.30%	13
12	Reyes	3,232	09:49	0.78%	3
13	Aquino	3,203	09:54	1.75%	19
14	Soriano	3,190	09:56	2.28%	28
15	Castillo	3,072	10:17	1.45%	16
16	Antonio	2,780	11:15	3.01%	61
17	Agustin	2,685	11:37	2.99%	62
18	Molina	2,653	11:45	4.02%	94
19	Lopez	2,619	11:53	1.13%	14
20	Manuel	2,615	11:54	2.96%	64
21	Castro	2,530	12:16	1.46%	20
22	Corpuz	2,514	12:20	2.42%	45
23	Gonzales	2,507	12:22	0.85%	8
24	Velasco	2,469	12:33	2.44%	48
25	Villanueva	2,459	12:35	0.89%	10
26	Tayaban	2,441	12:41	58.12%	3,193
27	Martinez	2,430	12:44	1.70%	25
28	Pascua	2,429	12:44	2.99%	71
29	Mariano	2,395	12:54	2.77%	65
30	Martin	2,366	13:03	4.05%	105
31	Bugtong	2,272	13:33	28.55%	1,303
32	Peralta	2,216	13:52	3.13%	85
33	Santos	2,188	14:02	0.64%	6
34	Rivera	2,181	14:04	1.18%	18
35	Cariño	2,129	14:23	5.61%	192
36	Vicente	2,063	14:49	3.98%	132
37	Santiago	2,038	14:59	1.45%	27
38	Guzman	1,966	15:30	5.51%	203
39	Andres	1,950	15:37	4.26%	151
40	Valera	1,847	16:26	13.99%	696
41	Pablo	1,825	16:37	5.07%	201
42	Javier	1,738	17:24	1.66%	44
43	Marcos	1,708	1:1,001	5.68%	246
44	Torres	1,688	1:1,013	1.04%	22
45	Perez	1,638	1:1,044	0.74%	15
46	Pascual	1,631	1:1,048	1.68%	55
47	Ramirez	1,563	1:1,094	1.19%	34
48	Ancheta	1,540	1:1,110	3.62%	162
49	Cruz	1,523	1:1,123	0.57%	12
50	Acosta	1,510	1:1,132	2.60%	106

Top 51-100 Surnames in CAR

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in the Philippines
51	Miguel	1,484	1:1,152	3.63%	173
52	Ventura	1,484	1:1,152	3.49%	163
53	Segundo	1,474	1:1,160	17.18%	1,172
54	Sabado	1,472	1:1,162	4.48%	221
55	Tomas	1,425	1:1,200	5.12%	272
56	Basilio	1,418	1:1,206	5.76%	320
57	Tuguinay	1,408	1:1,214	63.97%	7,418
58	Binwag	1,391	1:1,229	63.37%	7,437
59	Manzano	1,388	1:1,232	3.58%	184
60	Salvador	1,383	1:1,236	1.34%	47
61	Ferrer	1,368	1:1,250	1.39%	52
62	Dulay	1,363	1:1,255	4.25%	228
63	de Vera	1,354	1:1,263	1.67%	72
64	Juan	1,348	1:1,268	5.23%	295
65	Sanchez	1,340	1:1,276	0.82%	21
66	Jose	1,338	1:1,278	2.94%	152
67	Viernes	1,331	1:1,285	5.44%	323
68	Esteban	1,328	1:1,288	3.59%	195
69	Tadeo	1,324	1:1,291	8.55%	572
70	Mateo	1,299	1:1,316	2.95%	156
71	Barbosa	1,269	1:1,347	11.16%	820
72	Marquez	1,259	1:1,358	1.34%	58
73	Bernal	1,257	1:1,360	3.75%	217
74	Pinkihan	1,243	1:1,376	68.56%	9,343
75	Morales	1,236	1:1,383	0.95%	35
76	Cortez	1,229	1:1,391	1.33%	60
77	Asuncion	1,199	1:1,426	2.09%	111
78	Benito	1,198	1:1,427	6.65%	467
79	Padilla	1,196	1:1,430	1.52%	79
80	Luis	1,192	1:1,435	12.63%	1,033
81	Diaz	1,186	1:1,442	0.87%	30
82	Tolentino	1,177	1:1,453	0.88%	32
83	Abad	1,167	1:1,465	2.04%	112
84	Pedro	1,149	1:1,488	9.92%	810
85	Cayat	1,144	1:1,495	61.37%	9,036
86	Matias	1,131	1:1,512	4.07%	273
87	Gano	1,127	1:1,517	42.80%	5,961
88	Navarro	1,116	1:1,532	0.98%	39
89	Jimenez	1,105	1:1,547	1.19%	59
90	Espiritu	1,091	1:1,567	1.46%	81
91	Francisco	1,088	1:1,572	0.52%	17
92	Alcantara	1,083	1:1,579	1.31%	70
93	Tamayo	1,078	1:1,586	1.78%	100
94	Millare	1,073	1:1,594	24.20%	2,981
95	Trinidad	1,071	1:1,597	1.86%	109
96	Felipe	1,068	1:1,601	4.99%	379
97	Pugong	1,065	1:1,606	47.54%	7,271
98	Sab-It	1,060	1:1,613	91.77%	15,237
99	de Leon	1,048	1:1,632	0.67%	23
100	Sison	1,045	1:1,636	1.81%	108

Top 101-150 Last Names in CAR

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in the Philippines
101	Ananayo	1,040	1:1,644	50.36%	8,028
102	Dizon	1,037	1:1,649	0.97%	42
103	Turqueza	1,036	1:1,651	31.53%	4,470
104	Liwan	1,020	1:1,676	58.96%	9,847
105	Pacio	1,016	1:1,683	24.88%	3,320
106	Guillermo	1,008	1:1,696	3.12%	227
107	Lucas	994	1:1,720	3.96%	310
108	Rimando	989	1:1,729	13.19%	1,424
109	Carpio	980	1:1,745	2.68%	198
110	Dinamling	977	1:1,750	57.67%	10,062
111	Dominguez	968	1:1,766	3.87%	312
112	Sibayan	966	1:1,770	7.03%	664
113	Bastian	964	1:1,774	36.72%	5,980
114	Bandao	960	1:1,781	40.87%	6,880
115	Kimayong	951	1:1,798	63.91%	11,655
116	Blaza	942	1:1,815	22.02%	3,112
117	Blanza	941	1:1,817	20.92%	2,930
118	Banatao	937	1:1,825	42.36%	7,378
119	del Rosario	932	1:1,835	0.89%	43
120	Alunday	927	1:1,845	62.59%	11,727
121	Marcelo	925	1:1,849	2.39%	186
122	Gomez	919	1:1,861	0.84%	41
123	Bay-An	912	1:1,875	64.77%	12,401
123	Ignacio	912	1:1,875	1.16%	77
125	Puguon	909	1:1,881	53.22%	9,985
126	Dulawan	907	1:1,885	57.22%	10,859
127	Timbreza	903	1:1,894	31.81%	5,446
128	David	899	1:1,902	0.89%	50
129	Laureta	898	1:1,904	9.23%	992
130	Bringas	889	1:1,923	24.67%	3,930
131	Biscarra	887	1:1,928	56.03%	10,868
132	Collado	884	1:1,934	3.42%	294
133	Romero	876	1:1,952	1.10%	73
134	Vergara	872	1:1,961	1.11%	78
135	Alvarez	870	1:1,965	0.89%	53
136	Abalos	867	1:1,972	2.73%	232
136	Donato	867	1:1,972	4.82%	468
138	Lee	863	1:1,981	3.44%	309
139	Rodriguez	859	1:1,991	0.60%	26
140	Felix	847	1:2,019	5.13%	524
141	Alagao	840	1:2,036	23.17%	3,890
141	Batoon	840	1:2,036	12.26%	1,623
143	Buenafe	831	1:2,058	5.62%	598
143	Julian	831	1:2,058	4.58%	460
145	Cabbigat	824	1:2,075	62.33%	13,246
146	Awingan	820	1:2,085	69.37%	14,885
147	Aguilar	818	1:2,090	0.67%	38
148	Tejero	811	1:2,108	7.40%	853
149	Kimmayong	809	1:2,114	57.62%	12,435
150	Miranda	805	1:2,124	0.79%	49

Top 151-200 Surnames in CAR

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in the Philippines
151	Rufino	802	1:2,132	10.04%	1,298
152	Ocampo	801	1:2,135	0.95%	69
153	Bello	800	1:2,137	3.02%	287
154	Simeon	794	1:2,154	10.38%	1,387
155	Barcena	793	1:2,156	13.94%	2,089
156	Lawagan	792	1:2,159	72.07%	16,032
157	Ola	789	1:2,167	20.17%	3,514
158	Castañeda	787	1:2,173	3.39%	348
159	Bragas	784	1:2,181	28.40%	5,638
160	Barbero	783	1:2,184	20.77%	3,704
161	Madriaga	777	1:2,201	4.26%	455
162	Allaga	767	1:2,229	30.93%	6,403
163	Danao	758	1:2,256	4.73%	544
164	Viloria	754	1:2,268	4.24%	475
165	Galera	750	1:2,280	11.55%	1,741
166	Lamsis	746	1:2,292	47.88%	11,074
167	Briones	740	1:2,311	1.13%	97
168	Bayle	734	1:2,330	26.41%	5,588
168	Tan	734	1:2,330	0.60%	37
170	Baguilat	733	1:2,333	63.63%	15,292
170	Palangdao	733	1:2,333	86.34%	20,562
172	Valencia	732	1:2,336	0.93%	76
173	Abellera	731	1:2,339	8.70%	1,209
174	Bugnay	730	1:2,342	65.59%	15,840
175	Dayag	729	1:2,346	7.55%	1,002
175	Gaspar	729	1:2,346	3.42%	381
177	Marzan	728	1:2,349	4.58%	548
178	Carlos	726	1:2,355	2.13%	211
179	Borja	722	1:2,368	1.33%	123
180	Bermudez	720	1:2,375	3.59%	407
181	Bernardez	719	1:2,378	19.58%	3,837
182	Sarmiento	718	1:2,382	0.73%	54
183	Abuan	717	1:2,385	6.16%	802
184	Sales	713	1:2,398	1.78%	179
185	Dumangeng	712	1:2,402	63.57%	15,738
186	Vasquez	706	1:2,422	1.64%	161
187	Padua	705	1:2,425	2.00%	205
188	Hangdaan	704	1:2,429	58.09%	14,473
188	Quinto	704	1:2,429	2.23%	233
190	Ciano	703	1:2,432	32.65%	7,610
191	Latawan	700	1:2,443	38.98%	9,451
192	Pumihic	693	1:2,467	43.83%	10,883
193	Balneg	691	1:2,475	36.66%	8,913
193	Bayangan	691	1:2,475	48.22%	12,146
195	Fontanilla	686	1:2,493	3.80%	465
196	Bayubay	683	1:2,504	19.54%	4,108
197	Binay-An	680	1:2,515	52.55%	13,539
197	Pineda	680	1:2,515	0.79%	67
199	Astudillo	677	1:2,526	27.91%	6,588
200	Arellano	676	1:2,529	1.12%	101
200	Tagura	676	1:2,529	48.11%	12,423

SOURCE: Forebears

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200 Most Common Last Names in the Cordilleras

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