# Tiongson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tiongson/  
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 Tagalog [in turn from Spanish, in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tagalog |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 667 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,073 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 462,887 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (504 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Tiongson, from Spanish Tiongson, from Hokkien, possibly 長孫／长孙 (tióng-sun) or 仲孫／仲孙 (tiōng-sun).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tiongson 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) | 7.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 82% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 7.7% |

## Similar surnames

Townson, Townsend, Thomson, Thomason, Thomsen, Thomasson, Tennyson, Tennison, Tonkin, Tinkham, Tomkins, Tangen.

## 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.