Tiangco Family History
Tiangco Surname Meaning
Filipino: disyllabic Chinese Filipino surname derived from the Chinese personal name Tiang-Co. Its first element Tiang or Ti-Ang is a transliteration of the Chinese surname 程 (based on Hokkien Romanization; see Cheng) or 鄭 (based on Hainanese Romanization also a Min dialect; see Zheng) borne by an ancestor of the bearer of the surname Tiangco.
The second element Co is the Chinese morpheme 哥 meaning ‘(elder) brother’ and used to address a senior male in order to show respect.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
