# Dizon
## English
### Etymology

Common Filipino surname, of ultimately Hokkien origin.

### Proper noun

Dizon (plural Dizons)
* 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

* Zidon

## 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 Hokkien.

### Proper noun

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

### References

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

## 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 Hokkien.

### Proper noun

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

### References

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

## 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 Hokkien.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdizon/ [ˈd̪iː.zon̪]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ˈdison/ [ˈd̪iː.son̪]
* Rhymes: -izon, (more native-sounding) -ison
* Syllabification: Di‧zon

### Proper noun

Dizon (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜓᜈ᜔)
* 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

* Tuazon/Tuason
* Tiongson/Tiongzon
* Sioson
* Echon/Ichon/Itchon/Etchon/Ychon
* Samson/Sanson
* Sison
* Gozon/Goson/Gozum
* Lacson
* Sitchon/Sichon
* Pueson
* Causon/Cauzon

### References

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