Fing Surname

424,982nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Fing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Philippines1051:964,17484,481
Mexico1051:1,182,15414,394
Australia1031:262,09423,895
United States751:4,832,786249,377
Indonesia471:2,813,813160,835
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Iran91:8,531,392160,212
India71:109,580,769786,157
China51:273,464,31313,838
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

The alternate forms: Fíng (1) are calculated separately.

Fing (220) may also be a first name.

Fing Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fing Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Fing (Hindi: फिंग, Russian: Финг) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Fíng. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fing? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fing is the 424,982nd most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,952,759 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 35 percent of Fing live; 34 percent live in West Africa and 34 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 608,246th most widespread first name internationally, held by 220 people.

It is most common in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Outside of Ghana this surname is found in 31 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 13 percent live and Mexico, where 13 percent live.

Fing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fing has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fing surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Fing surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% registered with the political party.

Fing earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.08% more than the national average, earning $44,047 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fíng921/
Fingh89316/
Fiong89223/
Fieng8946/
Fings8939/
Fuing899/
Fingc892/
Fingk891/
Pfing890/
Fin866,700/
Fng869/
Ffiong8025/
Fingke8017/
Fingue8010/
Fingne801/
Feng759,447,690/
Fink75102,873/
Finn7556,232/
Fina7513,681/
Fien751,505/
Finc75512/
Fijn75471/
Fuin75417/
Fion75412/
Find75385/
Fihn75385/
Ving75349/
Fint75238/
Fång75116/
Ffin756/
Finx753/
Fgin752/
Fimg752/
Hfin751/
Fimn751/
Finq751/
Finń751/
Pfin751/
Wfin751/
Ffng751/
Fhng751/
Fingova732/
Finke6724,840/
Finck6710,657/
Finne672,391/
Vieng671,926/
Phing671,165/
Foeng671,011/
Fiehn67826/
Fn67556/
Findt67467/
Pfeng67243/
Feung6729/
Finnk6729/
Finth6722/
Fihnn6721/
Fueng6717/
Føien6716/
Fionn6712/
Fyong679/
Finkt679/
Vingh677/
Vingå677/
Pfina674/
Pfien673/
Findh673/
Finkh673/
Vingø672/
Fionc672/
Finnø672/
Wfina672/
Pfink672/
Finnh671/
Feeng671/
Fienk671/
Fengs671/
Fengh671/
Fängå671/
Ffien671/
Hfeng671/
Vinng671/
Wfeng671/
Fienn670/
Fenng670/
Finnn670/

Fing Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fing in the Hindi language
फिंगphinga-
Fing in the Russian language
Фингfing-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fing
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