Tuazon

English

Tuazon (plural Tuazons)

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

According to the 2010 United States Census, Tuazon is the 17958^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1556 individuals. Tuazon is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (89.72%) individuals.

Tuazon

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

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuˈazon/ [ˈt̪waː.zon̪]
- IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /tuˈason/ [ˈt̪waː.son̪]
Rhymes: -azon, (more native-sounding) -ason
Syllabification: Tu‧a‧zon

Tuazon (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜏᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

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

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tuazon is the 96th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 57,872 individuals.

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^ 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “大孫”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
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