Fling Surname

273,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Fling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3541:267,69525,178
England231:2,422,52489,093
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Wales61:515,75523,171
India51:153,413,076951,030
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland171:260,58011,064
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098
Wales201:78,4213,652
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4581:109,64810,937

Fling (21) may also be a first name.

Fling Last Name Facts

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

Fling is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fling? popularity and diffusion

Fling is the 273,764th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 5,132,075 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Fling are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Fling is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 21 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,354 people, or 1 in 267,695. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 15 percent are found, Colorado, where 11 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States Fling occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Fling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fling last name increased 296 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 41 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 70 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fling Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Fling last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Fling last name are 16.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.84% being registered with the party.

The amount Fling earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.64% less than the national average, earning $42,874 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.34% more than the national average, earning $52,334 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hfling919/
Flingh911/
Pfling910/
Fluing910/
Flings910/
Flin89950/
Felling831,028/
Fylling83798/
Fülling83761/
Filling83615/
Fölling83374/
Følling83151/
Fälling8334/
Høfling8310/
Fælling839/
Flint8038,181/
Flinn8010,457/
Flink807,723/
Flæng80127/
Fluin80107/
Flion8069/
Fleng8067/
Flyng8055/
Flind8039/
Flina8012/
Flimn808/
Flihn801/
Flisn801/
Fllin801/
Fløng801/
Fliñn801/
Flinc801/
Flimg800/
Flien800/
Fuelling77955/
Fellings7729/
Föllings7715/
Fillings7711/
Foelling777/
Flingova771/
Pfelling771/
Fellingk771/
Feelling770/
Fielling770/
Fln755/
Flindt732,528/
Fellin731,695/
Flinck73718/
Fillin73168/
Figlin7379/
Flinth7379/
Floeng7334/
Phling7323/
Feglin7318/
Flinke7315/
Fløien7313/
Flemng7312/
Flinne737/
Fällin735/
Flintø733/
Vøling732/
Fllinn731/
Flihnt731/
Flimnn731/
Vlling731/
Fllion731/
Fllint731/
Pfleng731/
Flaeng731/
Fluinn730/
Flintt730/
Flinnt730/
Fellingue711/
Fiellieng710/
Fillion6712,402/
Velling671,251/
Flim67793/
Villing67506/
Fellion67303/
Flyn67179/
Flen67177/
Völling67175/
Felleng6761/
Välling6739/
Flåøien6726/
Fiellin6723/
Fellina6716/
Flengue6712/
Fillina6710/
Feln678/
Flnn676/
Flinova674/
Fellien673/
Filn673/
Flén673/
Fyln671/
Feullin671/
Geeflin671/
Væhling671/
Vælling671/
Fillien671/
Felngue671/
Fhln671/
Flln671/
Flnk671/
Flnt671/
Hfln671/
Pfellin670/
Flenngs670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Fling
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