The majority of the Chinese diaspora in the Philippines is made up of Fujianese descent, with a small percentage of Cantonese from Guangdong and Hong Kong.
Having a Hispanized Filipino-Chinese surname signifies that a Chinese person has become Catholic.
Some adopted the surnames of their Spanish godparents, while others combined modified Chinese names and added honorifics such as -co, -son, and -zon at the end.
Many of them intermarried with Filipinos and were integrated into Philippine society.
Filipinos who possess those surnames have Chinese lineage.