Soon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "soon"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 孫／孙 (Mandarin: Sūn, Cantonese: syun¹, Min Nan: Sun), also spelled as Sun.

Proper noun

Soon (plural Soons)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Soon is the 30,980^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 750 individuals. Soon is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (68.0%) and Multi-racial (17.2%) individuals.

Anagrams

noos, noso-, onos, oons, sono-

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Sun
Son

Etymology

Derived from Hokkien 孫／孙 (Sun), via English Soon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsun/, [ˈsun]

Proper noun

Soon (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

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