List of political families in the Philippines
The following is a list of the most notable political families of the Philippines, each with the areas in which their influence was/is strong. Names in bold indicate the individual was/is a President of the Philippines.
The Philippine political arena is mainly arranged and operated by families or alliances of families, rather than organized around the voting for political parties.
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Family name | From | Family members |
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Abad | Batanes |
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Abalos | Mandaluyong |
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Abaya | Cavite |
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Acosta | Bukidnon |
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Afable | Zambales |
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Aguilar(-Villar) | Las Piñas and Muntinlupa |
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Albano | Isabela |
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Alcala | Quezon |
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Alfelor | Camarines Sur and Bulacan |
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Almario | Davao Oriental |
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Almendras | Davao |
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Alonto | Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte |
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Alvarez | Davao del Norte, Zamboanga City |
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Amatong | Zamboanga del Norte, Davao de Oro |
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Ampatuan | Maguindanao |
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Angara | Aurora |
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Antonino | Nueva Ecija, La Union and General Santos |
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Aquino | Agusan Del Norte |
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Aquino | Sorsogon |
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Aquino | Tarlac |
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Arroyo | Camarines Sur, Negros Occidental and Pampanga |
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Arroyo | Camarines Sur |
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Asistio | Caloocan |
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Atienza | Manila |
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B
Family name | From | Family members |
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Bagatsing | Manila and Muntinlupa |
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Balindong | Lanao del Sur | Sultan Amer Macaorao Balindong – Municipal Mayor of Malabang, Lanao del Sur (1953–1971)
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Balingsat | Ilocos Sur | |
Bangoy | Davao City |
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Baraguir | Maguindanao |
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Barzaga | Cavite |
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Belmonte | Quezon City |
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Bernabe | Parañaque | |
Biazon | Muntinlupa |
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Bichara | Albay |
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Binay | Makati |
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Biron | Iloilo |
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Buencamino | San Miguel, Bulacan |
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Buguina | San Mariano, Isabela |
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Bulut | Apayao |
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C
Family name | From | Family members |
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Cadiao | Antique |
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Cailles | Laguna |
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Calalay | Quezon City |
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Calixto | Pasay |
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Carios | Camarines Sur |
Wilfredo Curioso Carios Sr. – Brgy. captain (1960–1972) Fernando 'ting' Carios – board member 2nd District of Camarines Sur (1998–2000) Son Wilfredo Carios Jr – ABC president (1998–2000); son Marissa Carios-Selirio – SK chairwoman; daughter Wilma Carios – municipal councilor (2004–present); daughter |
Castelo | Quezon City |
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Castillejos | Batanes, La Union |
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Cayetano | Muntinlupa, Pateros and Taguig |
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Cerilles | Zamboanga del Sur |
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Chiongbian | Sarangani and South Cotabato |
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Chipeco | Laguna |
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Climaco | Zamboanga City |
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Codilla | Leyte |
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Contreras | Oriental Mindoro, Capiz, Antique |
The Contrerasses are prolific philanthropists, many members have donated private lands to religious institutions and to the government of Bulalacao for economic development and socio-humanitarian welfare. Other prominent members of the Contreras clan include
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Cortes | Mandaue |
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Cojuangco | Tarlac |
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Crisologo | Ilocos Sur |
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Cua | Quirino |
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Cuenco | Cebu |
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Cuneta | Pasay and Rizal |
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D
Family name | From | Family members |
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Dayanghirang | Davao Oriental and Davao City |
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Dayot | Iloilo |
Alpha Dayot – Chargée d'affaires to Gabon Ma. Concepción Dayot-Sumergido – Councilor of Pototan, Iloilo (2009-2018) Exequiel Dayot, Sr. – Vice Mayor of the City of Basilan (1954-1955; 1959-1967)
Fortunato Dayot – Councilor of Tagum City (1986-1992; 1998-2004); Board Member (1992-1995), 2nd District of Davao del Norte |
Defensor | Iloilo and Quezon City |
-Rep. Narciso Defensor Santiago III Former Representative of Iloilo and son of the late Miriam Defensor Santiago |
De Venecia | Pangasinan |
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Del Mar | Cebu |
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Diaz | San Mateo, Rizal |
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Dimaporo | Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur |
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Diokno | Batangas and Manila |
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Domínguez | Baguio, Benguet and Cavite |
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Duavit | Rizal |
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Dumlao | Nueva Vizcaya |
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Duterte | Davao City |
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Dy | Isabela |
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E
Family name | From | Family members |
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Echiverri | Caloocan |
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Ecleo | Dinagat Islands |
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Ejército-Estrada-Estregan | Laguna, Manila, Quezon, and San Juan, Metro Manila |
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Enverga | Quezon |
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Eriguel | La Union |
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Escario[40] | Bantayan, Cebu |
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Escudero | Sorsogon |
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Espinosa-Martinez | Cebu, Masbate, Iloilo City, and Guimaras |
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Eusebio | Pasig |
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F
Family name | From | Family members |
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Fabella | Romblon |
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Fajardo | Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Pampanga, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, Bicol Region |
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Fariñas | Ilocos Norte |
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Festin | Romblon |
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Fetalino | Romblon |
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Firmalo | Romblon |
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Fondevilla | Romblon |
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Fua | Siquijor |
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Fuentebella | Camarines Sur |
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G
Family name | From | Family members |
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Galicia | Davao Region |
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Garcia | Bataan |
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Garcia | Cebu |
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Garcia | Davao City |
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Garin | Iloilo |
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Gatchalian | Valenzuela |
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Go | Isabela |
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Galima | Bayombong, |
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Gordon | Zambales |
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Guingona | Agusan, Bukidnon, Negros Oriental and Misamis Oriental |
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I
Family name | From | Family members |
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Ilagan | Nueva Ecija and Tarlac |
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Imperial | Albay |
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Ibay | Pasay |
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Ignacio-Antonio | Cagayan |
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J
Family name | From | Family members |
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Jaen | Leganes, Iloilo |
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Jagunap | Leganes, Iloilo |
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Jalandoni Jover | Iloilo City |
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Jalosjos | Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay, Misamis Occidental |
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Jardenil | Jaro, Iloilo City |
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Javier | Navotas |
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Joson | Quezon, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija |
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L
Family name | From | Family members |
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Lacson | Antique, Cavite, Negros Occidental and Manila |
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Lagman | Albay and Quezon City |
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Lapid | Pampanga |
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Lapus | Tarlac |
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Laurel | Batangas |
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Leachon | Oriental Mindoro and Calapan |
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Leaño | Romblon |
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Leviste | Batangas |
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Lecaroz | Marinduque and Batangas |
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Librado | Davao City |
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Lim | Southern Leyte |
Connie Corominas-Lim, still contested mayoralty race in Ozamis City (2010), wife of businessman Eugene Lapasaran-Lim, owners of Geegee Mall and 168 Park Mall Cebu City, captain in Reservist AFP, from Corominas family of Cebu. |
Lim | Palawan |
Political civil servants from the Lim family of Coron, Palawan
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Limcuando | Manila |
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Limcuando | Laguna | Political civil servants from the Limcuando family of Pagsanjan, Laguna
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Lobregat | Zamboanga City |
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Locsin | Negros Occidental and Iloilo |
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Lopez | Iloilo |
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Lucero-Caparroso | Northern Samar |
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M
Family name | City/Province | Family members |
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Macapagal | Camarines Sur, Pampanga and Zambales |
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Madrigal(-Collantes) | Batangas |
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Magsaysay | Zambales, La Union |
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Maliksi | Cavite |
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Mangudadatu | Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao |
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Manrique | Boac, Marinduque |
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Marcos | Ilocos Norte |
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Masigan | Isabela |
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Mastura | Maguindanao |
The Masturas came from a royal lineage that started its rule in the Sultanate of Maguindanao (what is now the entire island of Mindanao in the Philippines) around the 12th century. Their ancestor, Sharif Kabungsuwan, the first ruler of Maguindanao, brought Islam in the Philippines. Also known from their lineage is the warrior monarch, the very powerful Sultan of Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, who defended his kingdom, the Sultanate of Maguindanao from Spanish occupation. The absolute monarchy of their family was dissolved in the 20th century. The entire kingdom of Maguindanao has been reduced from being the entire Mindanao island itself into a regular Filipino province in the south.
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Matalam family | Maguindanao | |
Mendiola/Siojo/Mercado | Bulacan, Pampanga, Mindoro, Samar |
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Mindalano | Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte | |
Mitra | Palawan |
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Montano | Cavite |
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N
Family name | From | Family members |
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Nepomuceno | Pampanga |
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Noriel-Joson | Nueva Ecija |
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O
Family name | From | Family members |
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Olivarez | Parañaque and Laguna |
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Ortega | La Union |
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Osmeña | Cebu |
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P
Family name | From | Family members |
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Pacquiao | General Santos, Sarangani |
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Padilla | Nueva Vizcaya |
Carlos M. Padilla: Governor of Nueva Vizcaya(2013) Former Mayor of Dupax Del Norte(1975-1978), Former Congressman of Nueva Vizcaya. Ruth Padilla: Incumbent First Lady of Nueva Vizcaya, Former Congresswoman of Nueva Vizcaya |
Padua | Pasay |
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Palacio | Batangas |
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Paguio-Pizarro | Bataan |
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Pasculado | Lanao del Norte | |
Petilla | Leyte |
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Piccio | Negros Occidental |
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Pimentel | Cagayan de Oro |
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Pineda | Pampanga |
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Plaza | Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Cagayan |
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Ponce Enrile | Cagayan |
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Puno | Pampanga |
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R
Family name | From | Family members |
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Rama | Cebu, Davao del Sur |
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Ramos | Pangasinan |
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Rances | Camarines Sur |
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Recto | Batangas |
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Remulla | Cavite |
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Revilla | Cavite |
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Reyes | Marinduque |
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Reyes | Palawan |
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Robredo | Camarines Sur |
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Roco | Camarines Sur |
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Rodriguez | Rizal |
Eulogio Rodriguez (1906- 1916) Municipal President of Rizal (1906-1922) Governor of Rizal Congressman of Nueva Vizcaya (1924-1925) Congressman of Second District of Rizal (1925-1934) Secretary of Commerce and Agriculture (1934-1941) Senate President (1953-1963)
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Roman | Bataan |
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Romero-Muñoz-Calumpang | Negros Oriental | Don Fernando Agustín Velaz de Medrano Bracamonte y Dávila: Marquis of Tabuerniga, 14th Marquis of Cañete (GE), 6th Marquis of Fuente el Sol, 8th Marquis of Navamorcuende, 15th Lord of Montalbo, Knight of the Order of Malta[62][63][64][65]
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Romualdez-Lopez | Leyte |
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Romualdo | Camiguin |
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Romulo | Quezon City, Pasig and Valenzuela |
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Roxas | Capiz |
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Roxas | Pasay City |
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S
Family name | From | Family members |
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Salceda | Albay |
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San Pedro | San Jose del Monte, Bulacan |
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Santillan | Batangas, Cavite, Manila, Antique, Albay, Pampanga |
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Saquilayan | Cavite |
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Sarmiento | Buenavista, Marinduque |
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Singson-Gacula | Ilocos Sur |
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Sinsuat | Maguindanao |
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Sotto | Cebu, Quezon City, Parañaque and Pasig |
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Suarez | Quezon |
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Sumulong | Rizal |
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Sansano | Nueva Vizcaya and Pangasinan | Sansano Clan is known to be influential in Nueva Vizcaya and Pangasinan known for there Farming Industry and vast lands of palay, tobacco and fisheries
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T
Family name | From | Family members |
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Tawantawan | Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur | Sultan Gaos Tawantawan - Warlord of undivided Lanao and Misamis (Patriarch of the Family);
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Tan | Samar |
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Tañada | Quezon |
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Teves-Pinili | Negros Oriental and Muntinlupa |
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Tiangco | Navotas |
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Tolentino | Cavite |
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Ty | Surigao del Sur |
(mother, children and grandchildren)
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U
Family name | From | Family members |
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Umali | Nueva Ecija, Oriental Mindoro, Lipa, Batangas, Olongapo City and Zambales |
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Ungab | Davao City |
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Uy | Compostela Valley, Isabela and Zamboanga del Norte |
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V
Family name | From | Family members |
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Velasco | Marinduque |
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Violago | Nueva Ecija |
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Villafuerte | Camarines Sur |
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Villarreal | Capiz |
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Y
Family name | From | Family members |
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Yap | Tarlac |
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Yllana | Parañaque |
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Ynares | Rizal |
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Z
Family name | From | Family members |
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Zamora | San Juan City |
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Ziga | Albay |
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Zubiri | Bukidnon |
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See also
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