Answer: Remember the incident of the GOMBURZA? Paciano was the assistant of Father Burgos in the fight for the FILIPINIZATION of the parishes. Since Paciano Mercado was known as Father Burgos' favorite student and helper, Paciano advised Jose to use the family's second surname, Rizal, because the surname MERCADO had already come under the suspicion of the Spanish authorities.
The main reason why he changed his surname, was to keep his family safe from the Spaniards' suspicious noses. And that's why he changed Mercado to Rizal
he wanted to keep his family safe from spaniards
Jose is from the Patron Saint Joseph and Rizal is their Spanish counter part surname, mainly used to hide his connection to the Mercado's, Rizal's prime surname.
He used Rizal as his surname because he was urged by his brother Paciano to do so. The surname Mercado was lately became suspicios to the Spaniards due to the death of Father Burgos, one of the three martir friars connoted as the GomBurZa.
Francisco Mercado Rizal Francisco Mercado Rizal
, Francisco Mercado Rizal, an industrious farmer whom Rizal called "a model of fathers," came from Biñan, Laguna; while his mother, Teodora Alonzo y Quintos, a highly cultured and accomplished woman whom Rizal called "loving and prudent mother,"
Francisco Mercado Rizal
Jose is from the Patron Saint Joseph and Rizal is their Spanish counter part surname, mainly used to hide his connection to the Mercado's, Rizal's prime surname.
The complete name of Rizal's father is Francisco Mercado Rizal.
Jose Rizal used the surname "Rizal" instead of "Mercado" when he enrolled at Ateneo to evade the discrimination against Chinese-Filipinos at that time. The surname "Rizal" was suggested by his brother, Paciano, who derived it from the Spanish province of Rizal.
Jose Rizal and his family got the surname 'Rizal' from his Chinese ancestor Domingo Lameo. Rizal means "Ricial or grains", and they started using it 1731. His true surname is Mercado, but to keep his family safe he used the surname Rizal.
jose mercado changed his surname into jose rizal or jose protacio rizal mercado y alonso realonda because...nangutana gani ko ako pa pangutan on..paghilum...
Rizal avoided using his surname "Mercado" because he wanted to protect his mother's reputation from the controversy surrounding the execution of his father, Francisco Mercado, who was falsely accused of being involved in the 1872 Cavite Mutiny. By using the surname "Rizal," which was derived from his family's ancestral house, he aimed to distance himself from the stigma associated with his father's name.
Jose Mercado, the father of Jose Rizal, chose to use "Rizal" as a surname for their family in 1850 in compliance with the decree issued by Governor-General Narciso Claveria, which required Filipinos to adopt Spanish surnames for census purposes. Rizal's full name is José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda.
He used Rizal as his surname because he was urged by his brother Paciano to do so. The surname Mercado was lately became suspicios to the Spaniards due to the death of Father Burgos, one of the three martir friars connoted as the GomBurZa.
Francisco Mercado Rizal Francisco Mercado Rizal
Actually, Rizal`s name is very LONG. His true name is Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda. As far as I know, his last name is Mercado. But his second surname Rizal came from the Spanish word Ricial meaning green fields.
"Mercado" in Jose Rizal's name "Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo Realonda" is a reference to his mother's maiden surname. It was common in the Philippines during Rizal's time to use both the father's and mother's surnames in official records.
Francisco Mercado was the father of Jose Rizal.