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    The surname Sion

    A Galician place surname, carried by 600 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈsaɪ.ən/ 1 syllable Soundex S500

    Sion: #37,180 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sion #37,180, 600 people Sion: #37,180 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Sion #37,180, 600 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sion is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Galician origin

    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Galician Sión, a habitational surname from a place in Pontevedra province. * Borrowed from French Sion, a reduced form of the personal name Michon.

    Sion is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 600 people named Sion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 514,576 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 522.

    #37,180
    rank among US surnames
    600
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.9%
    change since 2000 (was #39,617)

    Who is named Sion

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

    47% of people named Sion identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
    • Two or more races 2.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sion

    Sion has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Other Galician surnames

    All 34 Galician surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sion come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Galician Sión, a habitational surname from a place in Pontevedra province. * Borrowed from French Sion, a reduced form of the personal name Michon.
    How common is the surname Sion?
    600 people in the United States had the surname Sion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 514,576 Americans. It ranked 37,180th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sion?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Sion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Sion?
    Sion is /ˈsaɪ.ən/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Sion?
    Sion is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Sion getting more or less common?
    More common. 522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 600 in 2010, up 15%.