# Sison (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sison/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Hokkien.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,617 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,033 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 85,360 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (2,674 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Tagalog Sison, ultimately derived from Hokkien 四孫 /四孙 (sì-sun).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sison in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 9.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 81% |
| Two or more races | 5.6% |

## People named Sison

- Michele J. Sison, American diplomat (born 1959)

## Similar surnames

Sisson, Saxon, Sahagun, Seguin, Session, Saxena, Scoggin, Sagan, Scogin, Sekhon, Sachsen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.