Thing Surname

47,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,836 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Nepal

Thing Surname Definition:

A corruption of Thin, which see.

Thing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal8,0901:3,521379
Malaysia7261:40,6263,299
India6631:1,156,96146,899
Denmark3451:16,3611,612
Indonesia1841:718,74655,532
United States1731:2,095,138133,172
Qatar1441:16,3751,767
Bhutan781:7,898320
Brunei741:5,659809
Singapore511:107,9944,447
Mexico511:2,433,84720,676
Cambodia491:316,0643,580
Philippines371:2,736,168135,784
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
England251:2,228,72284,230
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
France131:5,109,440259,941
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
China41:341,830,39216,990
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England731:333,90921,641
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2891:173,76715,617

Thing (4,701) may also be a first name.

Thing Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A corruption of Thin, which see.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Thing Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thing (Bengali: থিং, Hindi: ठिंगा, Marathi: िठणग, Tibetan: ཐིང་།) is more commonly found in Nepal than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thing? popularity and diffusion

Thing is the 47,711th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 672,531 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Thing are found; 82 percent are found in South Asia and 81 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Thing is also the 99,902nd most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 4,701 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nepal, where it is carried by 8,090 people, or 1 in 3,521. In Nepal it is most numerous in: Narayani, where 52 percent live, Janakpur, where 31 percent live and Bagmati, where 13 percent live. Other than Nepal Thing is found in 56 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 7 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.

Thing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thing has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thing surname contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 66 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thing last name are 13.84% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.61% being registered with the political party.

Thing earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6% more than the national average, earning $45,740 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thieng91316/
Thingh91106/
Thinng9150/
Thimng913/
Thingc911/
Ting8955,079/
Thng89761/
Thingue837/
Thingsh832/
Thiongh831/
Thiengh831/
Theng8016,570/
Tiong8015,874/
Thyng803,145/
Tieng801,205/
Tings80308/
Th'ng80142/
Tuing80126/
Think8063/
Thång8019/
Tingg8014/
T'Ing805/
Tting804/
Thäng804/
Tingh804/
Dting803/
Thống802/
Thinq802/
Thinx802/
Thimg802/
Tging802/
Tingk802/
Tingt801/
Tin'g801/
Thắng801/
Théng801/
Tng751,192/
Tingue731,042/
Thoeng73213/
Tingke73184/
Thaeng73183/
Theeng7377/
Thinks7312/
Åtting738/
Tingsø735/
Thinke733/
Thenng732/
Thueng732/
Dtting731/
Thuung731/
Thengz731/
Th'eng731/
Thương731/
Thengh731/
Tinggs731/
Teng67863,994/
Tink671,788/
Geeting67586/
Tyng67486/
Tinc67426/
Tång67172/
Täng67139/
T'Ng6731/
Theengh6722/
Tinggue6720/
Timg6715/
Tùng677/
Téng675/
Tăng675/
Thengue673/
Tngs673/
Tngg672/
Tnkg672/
Htng671/
Tüng671/
Tngc671/
Tinq671/
Tngh671/
Tngq671/
Tngx671/
Ttng671/
Thnk671/
Thnx671/
Dtng671/

Thing Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thing in the Bengali language
থিংthim-
Thing in the Marathi language
िठणगithanaga-
Thing in the Tibetan language
ཐིང་།ting90
ཐིང་ting4
དཔལ་སྒྲོན་ཐིང་paldrönting2
ཐང་།tang2
ལྷ་མོ་ཐིང་lhamoting2
Thing in the Hindi language
ठिंगाthinga57.14
थिंगthinga28.57
थिन्दthinda14.29

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