Tio

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tio"

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Spanish Tío and Portuguese Tio, from tío (“uncle”) and tio (“uncle”).
• Borrowed from Catalan Tió, a nickname from tió (“log, stump for burning”).

Proper noun

Tio (plural Tios)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tio is the 37848^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 587 individuals. Tio is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (50.43%), Hispanic/Latino (23.34%) and White (22.15%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Teh, Teo, Teoh, Theo, Tio

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 張 / 张 (Tioⁿ). Doublet of Chang and Chong.

Proper noun

Tio

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 趙 / 赵 (Tiǒ) or 張 / 张 (Tioⁿ). Doublet of Tiu. Compare Malaysian & Singaporean English Teo / Teoh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtjo/ [ˈt͡ʃo]
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtjo/ [ˈt̪jo]
    • Rhymes: -o
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtio/ [ˈt̪iː.o]
    • Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: Ti‧o

Proper noun

Tio (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜌᜓ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tio is the 1,172^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 8,507 individuals.

Anagrams

• ito, -ito