The Surigaonon people are an ethnolinguistic group who inhabited on the eastern coastal plain of Mindanao, particularly the provinces of Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur and Dinagat Islands.
They are part of the Bisaya people, who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group in the country.
Antonio Pigafetta describes them as being tattooed and covered in gold ornaments.
Their language closely resembles Cebuano, albeit with some local words and phrases.
Below is a table which demonstrates that Surigaonon is more related to Tausug than Cebuano: The Surigaonons, like the closely related Butuanon people, are part of the larger Visayan group and have a culture similar to the Cebuanos.