Dizon

English

Etymology

Common Filipino surname, of ultimately Hokkien origin.

Proper noun

Dizon (plural Dizons)

  1. A Filipino surname from Kapampangan/Tagalog/Cebuano [in turn from Spanish, in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Dizon is the 5837th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5924 individuals. Dizon is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (85.99%) individuals.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Hokkien, possibly either 兒孫／儿孙 (jî-sun) or 二孫／二孙 (jī-sun / lī-sun), via Spanish Dizon, with /l/~/d/~/d͡ʑ/ allophony when the proceeding vowel is usually [i], [e], or [u] in Philippine Hokkien.[1]

Proper noun

Dizon

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

References
  1. Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Hokkien, possibly either 兒孫／儿孙 (jî-sun) or 二孫／二孙 (jī-sun / lī-sun), via Spanish Dizon, with /l/~/d/~/d͡ʑ/ allophony when the proceeding vowel is usually [i], [e], or [u] in Philippine Hokkien.[1]

Proper noun

Dizon

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien], notably borne by:

References
  1. Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien, possibly either 兒孫／儿孙 (jî-sun) or 二孫／二孙 (jī-sun / lī-sun), via Spanish Dizon, with /l/~/d/~/d͡ʑ/ allophony when the proceeding vowel is usually [i], [e], or [u] in Philippine Hokkien.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdizon/ [ˈdi.zon]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈdison/ [ˈdi.son]
  • Rhymes: -izon, (more native-sounding) -ison
  • Syllabification: Di‧zon

Proper noun

Dizon (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien], notably borne by:
    Sunshine Dizon, actress
    Ryzza Mae Dizon, child actress and television personality

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dizon is the 15th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 182,703 individuals.

See also

References
  1. Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “D.”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 99; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 99
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