Cojuangco


Cojuangco is the Hispanized Filipino-Chinese surname Kho. The Cojuangco clan is among the most powerful and influential families in the Philippines, exercising economic control over several banks and trade houses, partly due to marriages with the Ayala and Roxas families and partly to their own business enterprises. The clan has at various time been highly involved in Philippine politics, with several members having entered public office in both local and national positions.
The clan is descended from Co Yu Hwan, who migrated from Hongjian Village, Jiaomei Township, Zhangzhou, Fujian to the Spanish East Indies in 1861. He was commonly called Kuán Goō or Koǒ Kuán Goō among Hoklo-Filipinos, and the latter was hispanicized as Cojuangco. He adopted the Christian name José in 1865, when he moved to Bulacan.
People with the surname Cojuangco are listed below alphabetically.

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