Exactly. There are white people with Black and Green as surnames. It isn't because their skin color is black or green obviously. It isn't a secret that most af

Exactly. There are white people with Black and Green as surnames. It isn't because their skin color is black or green obviously. It isn't a secret that most african american's last names are derived from slave owners. It's one of the reasons why some african americans change their last name. One of the legacies of slavery and colonialism is that a significant portion of the world was given european last names. The most popular surnames in the philipines are spanish surnames because the indigenous filipinos didn't have surnames and they took the name their spanish masters and priests assigned them. Of course that also applies to their country since the Philippines was names after a spanish king.