The surname Tecson
A Chinese surname, carried by 837 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T250
Origin
Chinese origin
Filipino surname ultimately from Hokkien 德孫 /德孙 (tek sun), via Spanish Tecson. See also Cantonese 嫡孫 /嫡孙 (dik¹ syun¹), Hokkien 嫡孫 /嫡孙 (tek-sun / tiak-sun), Japanese 嫡孫(てきそん) (tekison) / 嫡孫(ちゃくそん) (chakuson).
One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 837 people named Tecson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 368,872 Americans. That is up 46% since 2000, when the Census counted 572.
Who is named Tecson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Tecson identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
- Two or more races 4.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Tecson has the Soundex code T250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T250.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Tecson come from?
- Filipino surname ultimately from Hokkien 德孫 /德孙 (tek sun), via Spanish Tecson. See also Cantonese 嫡孫 /嫡孙 (dik¹ syun¹), Hokkien 嫡孫 /嫡孙 (tek-sun / tiak-sun), Japanese 嫡孫(てきそん) (tekison) / 嫡孫(ちゃくそん) (chakuson).
- How common is the surname Tecson?
- 837 people in the United States had the surname Tecson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 368,872 Americans. It ranked 28,498th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Tecson?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Tecson identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Tecson getting more or less common?
- More common. 572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 837 in 2010, up 46%.