Ion is used as a family name or surname in Romania. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ion
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Romania
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ion

How popular is Ion?

Ion is common in Romania.

Ion is ranked 8979 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ions grew by 11.25461 per cent to 603 since 2000 and ranked 37029 after elevating 1366 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.18 93.17
American Indian and Alaska Native 1 0.92
Hispanic or Latino 0.83 1.11
Ion is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Romania which signifies that it is originated from Romania. Around 60045 people have been found who wears Ion as their family name. Ion is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
114,007 Czech Republic4
32,086 Mexico3
14,078 Japan3
15,749 Finland3
21,529 Singapore2
18,718 Thailand2
12,161 Wales2
44,018 Poland2
6,353 Panama2
14,408 Uruguay2
82,478 South Africa2
34,681 Norway2
1,834 Malta2
4,367 Afghanistan2
10,211 Bulgaria2
1,421 Gabon2
12,172 Ghana2
10,284 Kuwait2
41,879 Turkey2
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,211 Brunei1
2,374 Bermuda1
10,958 Bangladesh1
10,190 Bahrain1
120,357 Argentina1
7,847 Albania1
6,688 Malawi1
34,581 Chile1
24,771 Colombia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
6,212 Jamaica1
5,589 Sudan1
49,529 Israel1
29,595 Iran1
1,818 Guernsey1
13,447 Uganda1
1,254 Gibraltar1
4,942 Libya1
340 Comoros1
38,063 Mauritania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
12,527 Denmark44
184,229 Indonesia37
8,720 Qatar29
9,692 Ireland27
4,169 Cyprus26
477,287 India16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
6,532 Scotland79
15,572 Switzerland72
9,925 New Zealand69
35,569 Netherlands62
7,402 Portugal55
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Ion:
8,407 England790
14,169 Italy750
39,114 United States715
19,326 France502
9,235 Canada435
3,340 Austria341
56,243 Brazil175
12,260 Belgium148
8,668 Hungary131
19,821 Australia128
5,170 Moldova109
Countries with thousands of Ion:
2,115 Spain2,353
9,390 Germany1,042
Countries with ten thousands of Ion:
34 Romania51,645
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Adelaide Ion was 28 years old when she migrated to USA on May 18, 1891. She lived in Italy and took La Bourgogne from Havre. 33 years old C. Ion, Caterina Ion, aged 7, 27 years old E. Ion, 2 years old Marcello Ion, are other Ion that migrated to US.

Comments

J
Jennine Barrett
Ion is a variant of yon: former name of baptism, the name of a saint, martyr and saint denis companion.

Ion Namesakes

  • Costi Ioniță, Singer
  • Special Agent Ion O'Clast, Musical artist
  • Andy Iona, Musician
  • Eva Ionesco, Actress
  • Aleksei Ionov, Soccer player
  • Alexandru Ioniță, Soccer player
  • Alexandru Ioniță, Soccer player
  • Alexandru Ionescu, Olympic athlete
  • Raluca Ioniță, Olympic athlete
  • Andrei Ionescu, Soccer player
  • Madalina Bellariu Ion, from 2017 comedy film Alice non lo sa, who played the Liana.

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