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    The surname Dizon

    A Kapampangan surname, carried by 5,924 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D250

    Dizon: #5,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dizon #5,837, 5,924 people Dizon: #5,837 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dizon #5,837, 5,924 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dizon is more common than 96.4% of them.

    Origin

    Kapampangan origin

    Common Filipino surname, of ultimately Hokkien origin.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,924 people named Dizon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,118 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,409.

    #5,837
    rank among US surnames
    5,924
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.4%
    change since 2000 (was #7,012)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,833Bloomfield5,92852,083
    #5,835Fore5,92752,091
    #5,836Reinke5,92652,100
    #5,837Dizon5,92452,118
    #5,838Bentz5,92352,127
    #5,841Thurmond5,92252,135

    Who is named Dizon

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    86% of people named Dizon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.3% as two or more races and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
    • Two or more races 5.3%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Dizons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leah Dizon
      American singer and model, born 1986
    • Ethan Dizon
      American actor, born 2002

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dizon

    Dizon has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dizon come from?
    Common Filipino surname, of ultimately Hokkien origin.
    How common is the surname Dizon?
    5,924 people in the United States had the surname Dizon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,118 Americans. It ranked 5,837th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dizon?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Dizon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.3% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Dizon?
    Leah Dizon, American singer and model, followed by Ethan Dizon.
    Where is the surname Dizon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dizon in the United States.
    Is the surname Dizon getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,924 in 2010, up 34%.