Tuason

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Tuazon

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Hokkien 大孫／大孙 (tōa-sun, “eldest grandson”), via Spanish Tuason or Tagalog Tuason.

Proper noun[edit]

Tuason (plural Tuasons)

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien] common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

Statistics[edit]

According to the 2010 United States Census, Tuason is the 34758^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 650 individuals. Tuason is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (84.92%) individuals.

Further reading[edit]

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tuason”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams[edit]

Auston, Autons, autons, tauons

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Tuazon, Tuasun, Toazun
Sontua, Suntua, Son Tua

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish Tuason/Tuazon/Tuasun, from Hokkien 大孫／大孙 (tōa-sun, “eldest son's eldest son; eldest grandson”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /tuˈason/, [ˈtwa.son]
Hyphenation: Tua‧son

Proper noun[edit]

Tuason (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜏᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

a surname from Spanish [in turn from Hokkien] common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

Statistics[edit]

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tuason is the 537^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 16,576 individuals.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

^ 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “大孙”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 80.
^ 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “大孫”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
^ 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “大孫”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 651
^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “toā-sun”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 464; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 464

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