The Dizon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,924 people carried this name — #5,837 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 34% from 4,409 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Dizon surname

A Filipino surname from Kapampangan/Tagalog/Cebuano [in turn from Spanish, in turn from Hokkien], common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry.

Common Filipino surname, of ultimately Hokkien origin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dizon» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Dizon is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Dizon in American newspapers,
1884–1917.

Newspaper page from Honolulu Star-bulletin carrying the name Dizon
Honolulu Star-bulletin 1917-09-11
Newspaper page from La Correspondencia De Puerto Rico carrying the name Dizon
La Correspondencia De Puerto Rico 1908-02-21
Newspaper page from The Columbia Banner carrying the name Dizon
The Columbia Banner 1884-04-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,085 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dizon in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

459 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dizon. The most, 168, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 90
New South Wales 82
Queensland 41
Victoria 28
Western Australia 27
Tasmania 8
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dizon.

Who carried it

People named Dizon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lilia Dizon
    Lilia Dizon 1928–2020 · actor
  • José Dizon 1850–1897
  • Marina Dizon 1875–1951 · revolutionary
  • Ana Dizon 1901– · singer
  • Perla Dizon Santos-Ocampo 1931–2012 · scientist
  • Rolando Ramos Dizon 1944–2012 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dizon,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States105 records

105 records of the Dizon name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 47
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 42
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jose V. Dizon

    Born 1904. Enlisted 1942; typesetter from Hawaii. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Lee Arnold Dizon

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1978, died 1997; buried at Glen Abbey Mortuary, Bonita, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Missouri R. Dizon

    Born 1912 in the Philippines. Registered as a foreign national in Vallejo, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 105 records for Dizon in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Dizon name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Daniel Pieter Wilhelm Dizon

    Died 1917 in Arnhem, aged 60; postman.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Eva Marina Dizon

    In the population register of Veen; teacher, born in Apeldoorn.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Langstraat Heusden Altena (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria Catharina Dizon

    Died 1831 in Kerkrade, aged 77.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Dizon name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Leonarda Arce Dizon

    Buried in 2001 at Queen's Park Mausoleum, Calgary, Alberta, aged 56.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Dizon in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Dizon name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maurice Joseph Dizon

    Born 1910 in Algeria; died 1989 in Blois (Loir-et-Cher).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Dizon name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list August Dizon

    From Modleinen, Rössel. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 10 May 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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