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    The surname Cinco

    A Chinese surname, carried by 799 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cinco is more common than 81.8% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Ultimately from Hokkien, via Philippine Spanish Cinco, an alternative form of Sinco/Singco, which are historically transcriptions following Spanish orthography of a Hokkien name with honorific used as surnames since the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines.

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 799 people named Cinco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 386,415 Americans. That is up 56% since 2000, when the Census counted 512.

    #29,528
    rank among US surnames
    799
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +56.1%
    change since 2000 (was #40,265)

    Who is named Cinco

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    46% of people named Cinco identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 18% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 46%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29%
    • White (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Two or more races 6.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cinco

    Cinco has the Soundex code C520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C520.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cinco come from?
    Ultimately from Hokkien, via Philippine Spanish Cinco, an alternative form of Sinco/Singco, which are historically transcriptions following Spanish orthography of a Hokkien name with honorific used as surnames since the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines.
    How common is the surname Cinco?
    799 people in the United States had the surname Cinco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 386,415 Americans. It ranked 29,528th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cinco?
    In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Cinco identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 29% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Cinco getting more or less common?
    More common. 512 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 799 in 2010, up 56%.