Yes, the majority of Filipinos are mostly Malay (between 60%-80%) but you'll see half-Filipinos or mixed-race Filipinos who speak English or another foreign language well and have Spanish, English, Chinese, Middle Eastern, or European family names and middle names. read more
By the 2010 Census, 139,090 Filipino Americans and Multiracial Filipino Americans lived in Illinois, 131,388 lived within the Chicago metropolitan area; As of 2010, Filipinos are the second largest population of Asian Americans in Illinois after Indian Americans in 2010. read more