How common is the surname Tuazon?

1,556 people in the United States had the surname Tuazon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,423 Americans. It ranked 17,958th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Tuazon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,556 in 2010, up 30%.

The surname Tuazon

A Tagalog surname, carried by 1,556 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tuazon is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

Tagalog origin

Ultimately from Hokkien 大孫／大孙 (tōa-sun), via Spanish Tuazon or Tagalog Tuazon or Kapampangan Tuazon.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,556 people named Tuazon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,423 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,195.

#17,958

rank among US surnames

1,556

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+30.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,599)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,951	Tee	1,557	198,295
#17,958	Allbright	1,556	198,423

Who is named Tuazon

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

90% of people named Tuazon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.0% as two or more races and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
Two or more races 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
White (not Hispanic) 2.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Tuazon

Tuason

Tuazon has the Soundex code T250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T250.

Questions

Where does the surname Tuazon come from?: Ultimately from Hokkien 大孫／大孙 (tōa-sun), via Spanish Tuazon or Tagalog Tuazon or Kapampangan Tuazon.
How common is the surname Tuazon?: 1,556 people in the United States had the surname Tuazon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,423 Americans. It ranked 17,958th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tuazon?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Tuazon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.0% as two or more races.
Is the surname Tuazon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,556 in 2010, up 30%.