Chon is used as a family name or surname in South Korea. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Chon
No. of characters: 4
Origin: South Korea
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Chon

How popular is Chon?

Chon is common in South Korea.

Chon is ranked 12153 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Chons plummeted by 5.548354 per cent to 3643 since 2000 and slipped by 1023 spots and ranked at 8981. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 90.28 91.34
Hispanic or Latino 4.8 3.34
White 2.69 2.85
Others 1.76 1.97
Chon is quite popular family name mostly used in South Korea while Macau is ahead in terms of density. Around 43872 people have been found who wears Chon as their family name. Chon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46 North Korea8
5,010 Nicaragua7
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
8,411 Costa Rica4
14,400 Uzbekistan3
5,139 Bolivia2
2,401 Honduras2
82,478 South Africa2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
21,929 Algeria2
1,347 Liberia2
3,014 Taiwan2
50,640 Switzerland2
2,211 Brunei1
34,581 Chile1
77,122 Sweden1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
91,024 Belgium1
165,773 Belarus1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
2,232 French Polynesia1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,057 Myanmar1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
38,830 Morocco1
8,268 Mauritius1
16,073 Latvia1
49,529 Israel1
172,258 Germany1
13,606 Senegal1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
56,036 Kazakhstan38
62,494 Netherlands22
2,019 China22
162,376 Ukraine20
81,586 Spain17
26,722 New Zealand14
5,153 Japan12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
164,135 India98
50,444 Argentina90
50,317 England75
31,862 Australia71
Countries with hundreds of Chon:
1,072 Tajikistan914
21,418 Philippines644
2,154 Guatemala615
32,528 France306
956 Hong Kong273
55,210 Russia251
1,665 Singapore248
522 Thailand204
51,548 Indonesia178
1,923 El Salvador172
60,164 Brazil159
11,811 Peru128
8,698 Colombia122
5,943 Ecuador115
2,754 Panama114
31,340 Canada107
Countries with thousands of Chon:
610 Vietnam4,769
9,908 United States3,695
688 Cambodia3,127
1,214 Malaysia2,555
5,548 Mexico1,073
89 Macau1,073
Countries with ten thousands of Chon:
101 South Korea22,445
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Comments

H
Harvey Crigger
 Chon is a variant of Lorraine and Savoy former french som, top, top of a mountain named locality or hamlet -can also represent an apheresis michon, derived from michel, baptism name derived from the Hebrew mikael, who is like god.

Chon Namesakes

  • Sua Rimoni Ah Chong, Politician
  • Lai Meng Chong, Politician
  • Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, Mexican Politician
  • Annabel Chong, Pornographic film actress
  • Annabel Chong, Pornographic film actress
  • Zu Chongzhi, Mathematician
  • Ashlynn Chong, Singer
  • Bai Chongxi, Warlord
  • Bai Chongguang, Boxer
  • Edmund Chong Ket Wah, Malaysian Politician
  • Tu-Yong Chon characterized crucial role of N in 1980 drama movie Tu sonjang.

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