Philippines Genealogical Records
Philippines Birth & Baptism Records
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An index to and images of copies of 6.7 million marriage and death certificates. They list names of relatives, personal information and details of the event.
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Philippines Death & Burial Records
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Newspapers Covering Philippines
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
Philippines Directories & Gazetteers
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Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Philippines Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Philippines Histories & Books
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
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Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Philippines
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
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A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Philippines Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
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Philippines Maps
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Historical Description
Phillipinas; these Islands are many in number, and some of them are very rich in Rice, Honey, Fruits, Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Gold; enriched further with trade from China. 70 of these Islands are Subjects of friends to the Spaniard.
The Spaniards have here a Bishop and Archdeacon, and besides other religious Men, as Augustinians and Franciscans, they have seven Colledges of Jesuits.
Inhabitants
The People worship the Devil, who oft-times appears to them in conference in most ugly shape.
There is amongst them an Island of Negroes, inhabited with black People, almost as big as England. Here are also those black People called Os Paupas, Man-eaters, and Sorcerers, among whom Devils walk familiarly; and if these wicked spirits find one alone, they kill him, wherefore they use alwayes to have company.
Before I leave these Eastern Islands, I will give you a short survey of those Towns and Castles which the Spaniard hath got into his possession, not only in these Islands, but also on the Continent. And 1. In Cambaia they have the Towns of Tana, Basa, and Daman; as also the Island of Din. 2. In Decan or Canora they have Chaul, and Goa, the Spanish Viceroy's residence. 3. In Mallavar they have Chalen and Colan, two places of good strength. 4 In Zeilan they have fortified Columbus, bragging of one of the best Havens in the World 5. In Siam they are Lords of Mallaca, and the adjoyning Castle. And last of all, to secure their Spice-trade in the Moluccoes, they enjoy Terenante: yet for all these Fortresses the English and Hollander will not be hindred from traffick with these Indies.
Most Common Surnames in Philippines
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dela Cruz | 625,640 | 1:162 | |
| 2 | Garcia | 441,075 | 1:230 | |
| 3 | Reyes | 412,750 | 1:245 | |
| 4 | Ramos | 375,999 | 1:269 | |
| 5 | Mendoza | 372,402 | 1:272 | |
| 6 | Santos | 342,746 | 1:295 | |
| 7 | Flores | 312,187 | 1:324 | |
| 8 | Gonzales | 293,787 | 1:345 | |
| 9 | Bautista | 287,625 | 1:352 | |
| 10 | Villanueva | 277,730 | 1:365 | |
| 11 | Fernandez | 269,820 | 1:375 | |
| 12 | Cruz | 267,822 | 1:378 | |
| 13 | de Guzman | 249,319 | 1:406 | |
| 14 | Lopez | 230,958 | 1:438 | |
| 15 | Perez | 220,113 | 1:460 | |
| 16 | Castillo | 211,405 | 1:479 | |
| 17 | Francisco | 207,840 | 1:487 | |
| 18 | Rivera | 184,543 | 1:549 | |
| 19 | Aquino | 183,088 | 1:553 | |
| 20 | Castro | 173,686 | 1:583 | |
| 21 | Sanchez | 162,886 | 1:622 | |
| 22 | Torres | 162,353 | 1:624 | |
| 23 | de Leon | 156,537 | 1:647 | |
| 24 | Domingo | 147,352 | 1:687 | |
| 25 | Martinez | 143,359 | 1:706 | |
| 26 | Rodriguez | 143,072 | 1:708 | |
| 27 | Santiago | 140,475 | 1:721 | |
| 28 | Soriano | 140,203 | 1:722 | |
| 29 | Delos Santos | 139,229 | 1:727 | |
| 30 | Diaz | 136,449 | 1:742 | |
| 31 | Hernandez | 135,744 | 1:746 | |
| 32 | Tolentino | 133,010 | 1:761 | |
| 33 | Valdez | 132,416 | 1:765 | |
| 34 | Ramirez | 131,829 | 1:768 | |
| 35 | Morales | 129,957 | 1:779 | |
| 36 | Mercado | 125,314 | 1:808 | |
| 37 | Tan | 123,290 | 1:821 | |
| 38 | Aguilar | 121,635 | 1:832 | |
| 39 | Navarro | 113,992 | 1:888 | |
| 40 | Manalo | 111,336 | 1:909 | |
| 41 | Gomez | 108,844 | 1:930 | |
| 42 | Dizon | 106,507 | 1:951 | |
| 43 | del Rosario | 105,210 | 1:962 | |
| 44 | Javier | 104,515 | 1:969 | |
| 45 | Corpuz | 104,026 | 1:973 | |
| 46 | Gutierrez | 103,352 | 1:980 | |
| 47 | Salvador | 103,117 | 1:982 | |
| 48 | Velasco | 101,375 | 1:999 | |
| 49 | Miranda | 101,258 | 1:1,000 | |
| 50 | David | 100,641 | 1:1,006 | |
| 51 | Salazar | 99,921 | 1:1,013 | |
| 52 | Ferrer | 98,478 | 1:1,028 | |
| 53 | Alvarez | 98,106 | 1:1,032 | |
| 54 | Sarmiento | 98,088 | 1:1,032 | |
| 55 | Pascual | 97,168 | 1:1,042 | |
| 56 | Lim | 96,874 | 1:1,045 | |
| 57 | Delos Reyes | 94,452 | 1:1,072 | |
| 58 | Marquez | 94,245 | 1:1,074 | |
| 59 | Jimenez | 93,181 | 1:1,086 | |
| 60 | Cortez | 92,601 | 1:1,093 | |
| 61 | Antonio | 92,386 | 1:1,096 | |
| 62 | Agustin | 89,734 | 1:1,128 | |
| 63 | Rosales | 89,334 | 1:1,133 | |
| 64 | Manuel | 88,253 | 1:1,147 | |
| 65 | Mariano | 86,485 | 1:1,171 | |
| 66 | Evangelista | 86,054 | 1:1,176 | |
| 67 | Pineda | 85,581 | 1:1,183 | |
| 68 | Enriquez | 85,552 | 1:1,183 | |
| 69 | Ocampo | 83,890 | 1:1,207 | |
| 70 | Alcantara | 82,799 | 1:1,223 | |
| 71 | Pascua | 81,319 | 1:1,245 | |
| 72 | de Vera | 80,899 | 1:1,251 | |
| 73 | Romero | 79,797 | 1:1,269 | |
| 74 | de Jesus | 79,480 | 1:1,274 | |
| 75 | dela Peña | 79,318 | 1:1,276 | |
| 76 | Valencia | 79,036 | 1:1,281 | |
| 77 | Ignacio | 78,864 | 1:1,284 | |
| 78 | Vergara | 78,696 | 1:1,286 | |
| 79 | Padilla | 78,451 | 1:1,290 | |
| 80 | Angeles | 75,211 | 1:1,346 | |
| 81 | Espiritu | 74,743 | 1:1,354 | |
| 82 | Fuentes | 71,799 | 1:1,410 | |
| 83 | Legaspi | 71,469 | 1:1,417 | |
| 84 | Cañete | 71,378 | 1:1,418 | |
| 85 | Peralta | 70,724 | 1:1,431 | |
| 86 | Vargas | 69,507 | 1:1,457 | |
| 87 | Cabrera | 69,376 | 1:1,459 | |
| 88 | Fajardo | 67,984 | 1:1,489 | |
| 89 | Gonzaga | 67,426 | 1:1,501 | |
| 90 | Espinosa | 66,738 | 1:1,517 | |
| 91 | Guevarra | 66,600 | 1:1,520 | |
| 92 | Samson | 66,516 | 1:1,522 | |
| 93 | Ortega | 66,509 | 1:1,522 | |
| 94 | Molina | 65,980 | 1:1,534 | |
| 95 | Serrano | 65,615 | 1:1,543 | |
| 96 | Chavez | 65,323 | 1:1,550 | |
| 97 | Briones | 65,211 | 1:1,552 | |
| 98 | Medina | 64,941 | 1:1,559 | |
| 99 | Palma | 62,019 | 1:1,632 | |
| 100 | Tamayo | 60,536 | 1:1,672 | |
| 101 | Arellano | 60,126 | 1:1,684 | |
| 102 | Atienza | 59,769 | 1:1,694 | |
| 103 | Villegas | 59,007 | 1:1,716 | |
| 104 | Estrada | 58,636 | 1:1,727 | |
| 105 | Martin | 58,470 | 1:1,731 | |
| 106 | Acosta | 58,146 | 1:1,741 | |
| 107 | Ortiz | 57,842 | 1:1,750 | |
| 108 | Sison | 57,841 | 1:1,750 | |
| 109 | Trinidad | 57,666 | 1:1,756 | |
| 110 | Zamora | 57,346 | 1:1,765 | |
| 111 | Asuncion | 57,251 | 1:1,768 | |
| 112 | Abad | 57,177 | 1:1,771 | |
| 113 | Moreno | 57,008 | 1:1,776 | |
| 114 | Valenzuela | 57,007 | 1:1,776 | |
| 115 | Mallari | 56,900 | 1:1,779 | |
| 116 | Caballero | 56,291 | 1:1,798 | |
| 117 | Villamor | 56,065 | 1:1,806 | |
| 118 | Bernardo | 55,679 | 1:1,818 | |
| 119 | Robles | 55,333 | 1:1,830 | |
| 120 | Concepcion | 55,285 | 1:1,831 | |
| 121 | Fernando | 54,920 | 1:1,843 | |
| 122 | Gregorio | 54,648 | 1:1,853 | |
| 123 | Borja | 54,323 | 1:1,864 | |
| 124 | Magbanua | 54,125 | 1:1,870 | |
| 125 | de Castro | 53,986 | 1:1,875 | |
| 126 | Panganiban | 53,859 | 1:1,880 | |
| 127 | Galang | 53,753 | 1:1,883 | |
| 128 | Nuñez | 53,342 | 1:1,898 | |
| 129 | Roxas | 53,100 | 1:1,907 | |
| 130 | Ruiz | 52,494 | 1:1,929 | |
| 131 | Pangilinan | 51,881 | 1:1,951 | |
| 132 | Vicente | 51,780 | 1:1,955 | |
| 133 | Chua | 51,380 | 1:1,970 | |
| 134 | Suarez | 50,812 | 1:1,992 | |
| 135 | Avila | 50,517 | 1:2,004 | |
| 136 | Ali | 50,481 | 1:2,005 | |
| 137 | Austria | 50,462 | 1:2,006 | |
| 138 | Magno | 50,242 | 1:2,015 | |
| 139 | dela Torre | 50,022 | 1:2,024 | |
| 140 | Luna | 49,801 | 1:2,033 | |
| 141 | de La Cruz | 49,551 | 1:2,043 | |
| 142 | Pepito | 48,920 | 1:2,069 | |
| 143 | Solis | 47,905 | 1:2,113 | |
| 144 | Uy | 47,832 | 1:2,117 | |
| 145 | dela Rosa | 47,256 | 1:2,142 | |
| 146 | Duran | 47,019 | 1:2,153 | |
| 147 | Abella | 46,928 | 1:2,157 | |
| 148 | Mahinay | 46,677 | 1:2,169 | |
| 149 | Esguerra | 46,068 | 1:2,198 | |
| 150 | Roque | 46,021 | 1:2,200 | |
| 151 | Andres | 45,724 | 1:2,214 | |
| 152 | Jose | 45,585 | 1:2,221 | |
| 153 | Sevilla | 45,427 | 1:2,229 | |
| 154 | Beltran | 44,328 | 1:2,284 | |
| 155 | Gabriel | 44,247 | 1:2,288 | |
| 156 | Mateo | 44,052 | 1:2,298 | |
| 157 | Ybañez | 43,852 | 1:2,309 | |
| 158 | Nicolas | 43,386 | 1:2,333 | |
| 159 | Mendez | 43,368 | 1:2,334 | |
| 160 | Cunanan | 43,331 | 1:2,336 | |
| 161 | Vasquez | 42,958 | 1:2,357 | |
| 162 | Ancheta | 42,521 | 1:2,381 | |
| 163 | Ventura | 42,475 | 1:2,383 | |
| 164 | Lorenzo | 42,419 | 1:2,387 | |
| 165 | Cordero | 42,086 | 1:2,406 | |
| 166 | Toledo | 42,080 | 1:2,406 | |
| 167 | Galvez | 41,892 | 1:2,417 | |
| 168 | Abdul | 41,876 | 1:2,418 | |
| 169 | Natividad | 41,775 | 1:2,423 | |
| 170 | Marasigan | 41,706 | 1:2,427 | |
| 171 | Herrera | 41,469 | 1:2,441 | |
| 172 | Silva | 41,278 | 1:2,453 | |
| 173 | Miguel | 40,866 | 1:2,477 | |
| 174 | Gamboa | 40,849 | 1:2,478 | |
| 175 | Estrella | 40,385 | 1:2,507 | |
| 176 | Villa | 40,189 | 1:2,519 | |
| 177 | Bartolome | 40,064 | 1:2,527 | |
| 178 | Usman | 40,058 | 1:2,527 | |
| 179 | Sales | 40,015 | 1:2,530 | |
| 180 | Custodio | 39,768 | 1:2,546 | |
| 181 | Ong | 39,650 | 1:2,553 | |
| 182 | Lucero | 39,403 | 1:2,569 | |
| 183 | Abdullah | 39,289 | 1:2,577 | |
| 184 | Manzano | 38,719 | 1:2,615 | |
| 185 | Ibañez | 38,713 | 1:2,615 | |
| 186 | Marcelo | 38,642 | 1:2,620 | |
| 187 | Ponce | 38,640 | 1:2,620 | |
| 188 | Gallardo | 38,418 | 1:2,635 | |
| 189 | Rosario | 38,383 | 1:2,638 | |
| 190 | Delgado | 38,203 | 1:2,650 | |
| 191 | Canlas | 37,937 | 1:2,669 | |
| 192 | Cariño | 37,920 | 1:2,670 | |
| 193 | Yap | 37,703 | 1:2,685 | |
| 194 | Go | 37,354 | 1:2,710 | |
| 195 | Esteban | 37,013 | 1:2,735 | |
| 196 | Ilagan | 36,977 | 1:2,738 | |
| 197 | Tuazon | 36,543 | 1:2,770 | |
| 198 | Carpio | 36,508 | 1:2,773 | |
| 199 | Carreon | 36,507 | 1:2,773 | |
| 200 | Baltazar | 36,220 | 1:2,795 | |