Macapagal Surname Meaning & Origin (Kapampangan)

Meaning and formation

Macapagal may derive from a Kapampangan expression meaning “to tire”. Tagalog and Kapampangan origins have both been suggested for the surname. In the family of President Diosdado Pangan Macapagal, the paternal surname came from Urbano Macapagal of Lubao, Pampanga, while Pangan came from his mother Romana. Diosdado served as president from 1961 to 1965. His daughter Gloria later used Macapagal together with her married surname Arroyo. The family has used Macapagal both as a surname on its own and within the combined form Macapagal-Arroyo.

Dictionary pronunciation

• Tagalog: /makapaˈɡal/ · Wiktionary ↗

In the 1849 Catálogo transcription

The linked transcription records the following spelling and page position. Open the edition link to locate the printed page.

• macapagal · page 79 · column 5 · row 49 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗

Public figures with this surname