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

Family Name / Last Name: Seon
No. of characters: 4
Origin: South Korea
Meaning: Name fairly common in the Loire, also present in the Vosges. This is apparently a place name (common of the Rhone delta is called Séon) linked to a river or hydronym name. The best known example of this surname is Saône (uncertain origin, perhaps a deity's name). It remains to locate, probably in the Loire, a possible place called Séon. Diminutive: Séonnet (05, 69).

How popular is Seon?

Seon is common in South Korea.

Seon is ranked 64580 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Seons grew by 55.30303 per cent to 205 since 2000 and ranked 90113 after elevating 30945 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 50.73 40.15
Black 38.05 39.39
Seon is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Korea which signifies that it is originated from South Korea. Around 7062 people have been found who wears Seon as their family name. Seon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
14,054 China3
1,500,361 India2
10,858 Tunisia2
124,220 Italy2
31,584 Peru1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
2,505 Congo1
172,258 Germany1
49,529 Israel1
1,970 Grenada1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
66,560 Philippines1
36,678 Singapore1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
75,927 England43
3,377 Guyana25
85,784 Australia19
377,825 Russia17
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,109 Trinidad and Tobago78
Countries with hundreds of Seon:
12,467 France747
32,384 Indonesia317
111,951 United States196
31,340 Canada107
Countries with thousands of Seon:
209 South Korea5,469
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Seon Namesakes

  • Hyeon-a Seong, Actress
  • Alexandre Séon, Artist
  • Shin Seong-il, Actor
  • Bak Seon-yeong, Voice actress
  • Shin Seong-il, Actor
  • Bae Seong-woo, Actor
  • Kim Seong-Bae, Film Art Director
  • Ban Seon-yong, Ban Ki-moon's daughter
  • Shin Seong-il, Actor
  • Shin Seong-il, Actor
  • Whacky Seon played pivotal role of N in 2012 drama flick Kapá.
  • Woo-seon Seon portrayed the main character of Yoo-ri in 2008 action, comedy movie Ma-i nyoo pa-teu-neo.

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