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Dizon

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English

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Etymology

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Common Filipino surname, of ultimately Hokkien origin.

Proper noun

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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

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  • 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

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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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 Hokkien.[1][2]

Proper noun

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Dizon

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

References

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  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
  2. ^ Van der Loon, Piet (1967) “The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2”, in Asia Major (New Series)‎[1], volume 13, page 113

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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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 Hokkien.[1][2]

Proper noun

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Dizon

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

References

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  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
  2. ^ Van der Loon, Piet (1967) “The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2”, in Asia Major (New Series)‎[2], volume 13, page 113

Tagalog

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Etymology

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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 Hokkien.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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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

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References

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  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
  2. ^ Van der Loon, Piet (1967) “The Manila Incunabula and Early Hokkien Studies, Part 2”, in Asia Major (New Series)‎[3], volume 13, page 113
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