Guanzon

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Hokkien 玄孫／玄孙 (goân-sun, “great-great-grandson (in a male lineage)”) or Hokkien 阮孫／阮孙 (goán sun, “our (exclusive) grandson”)[1], via Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare Tagalog Henson.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡuanˈzon/, [ɡwɐnˈzon]

IPA^(key): /ɡuanˈson/, [ɡwɐnˈson]
Hyphenation: Guan‧zon

Proper noun

Guanzón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜏᜈ᜔ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

a surname from Min Nan common among Filipinos of Chinese ancestry

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Guanzon is the 541^st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 16,691 individuals.

References

Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (in Early Modern Spanish & Early Manila Hokkien, with some Middle Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642, page 283/261, 356/334; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中); Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁); José, Regalado Trota; Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018

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[1] Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (in Early Modern Spanish & Early Manila Hokkien, with some Middle Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642, page 283/261, 356/334; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中); Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁); José, Regalado Trota; Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018