Wing Surname

15,897th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35,075 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Brunei

Wing Surname Definition:

(English) 1 belonging to Wing (Ruth; Bucks), 13th cent. Wenge = the Plain or Field [Old English wæng, wang (cp. the allied Old English ge)wenge, the cheek] In the Domesday Witehunge (Bucks) -unge represents Wing, the -h- is unorig., and Wite- is doubtless for Old English hwít, ‘white.

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Wing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States17,8861:20,2652,559
Mozambique5,5621:4,9011,104
England4,0681:13,6972,026
Canada1,4481:25,4463,424
Australia1,2971:20,8142,888
Hong Kong9981:7,350275
Malaysia5701:51,7444,026
New Zealand3451:13,1262,286
South Africa3021:179,39619,719
China2841:4,814,513449
Panama2021:19,3681,320
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Brazil1511:1,417,71147,804
Philippines1401:723,13072,541
Indonesia1341:986,93472,456
Wales1131:27,3852,827
Mexico1061:1,171,00214,323
Papua New Guinea1011:80,73010,659
Brunei971:4,317694
Sweden911:108,2067,807
India811:9,469,943186,993
Russia591:2,442,764142,518
Costa Rica541:88,5201,588
Iran451:1,706,27864,723
Peru391:814,97817,459
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Thailand331:2,140,556247,258
Zimbabwe321:482,44540,356
Scotland301:178,4619,900
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Cambodia271:573,5984,425
Venezuela271:1,118,67016,331
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Ecuador231:691,55912,337
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Jamaica201:143,4975,007
Liberia201:220,42714,169
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Ireland171:276,9969,887
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Pakistan121:14,886,99061,272
France111:6,038,429280,838
Japan111:11,622,20845,659
Macau111:54,694379
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Afghanistan71:4,593,31223,122
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8801:12,9661,960
Wales131:120,6475,000
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,2131:9,6331,227

Wing (613,214) may also be a first name.

Wing Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) 1 belonging to Wing (Ruth; Bucks), 13th cent. Wenge = the Plain or Field [Old English wæng, wang (cp. the allied Old English ge)wenge, the cheek] In the Domesday Witehunge (Bucks) -unge represents Wing, the -h- is unorig., and Wite- is doubtless for Old English hwít, ‘white.’ (occasionally) 2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Winga (Domesday Winge), a pet form of Winegár: v. Winger.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Chinese, English) Warm; one who came from Wing (Weohthun’s people, or field), the name of places in Buckinghamshire and Rutland; descendant of Winge (protector).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes in the shires of Buckingham and Rutland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. A village in the county of Buckingham, England.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

From WING or Winge, a parish co. Bucks; or Wing, a parish co. Rutland.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Wing Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wing (Hindi: विंग) occurs most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Wing click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wing? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 15,897th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 207,770 people. Wing is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Wing live; 55 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. Wing is also the 1,614th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 613,214 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 17,886 people, or 1 in 20,265. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 12 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Michigan, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States Wing is found in 111 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 16 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.

Wing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wing has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wing surname grew 343 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 216 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 869 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 567 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wing Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Wing surname is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Wing last name are 5.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.48% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wing earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.17% less than the national average, earning 335,106 kr per year; in Peru they earn 32.03% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,176 per year; in South Africa they earn 4.54% more than the national average, earning R 248,424 per year; in Colombia they earn 62.47% less than the national average, earning $8,520,540 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.24% more than the national average, earning $44,117 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.54% more than the national average, earning $52,931 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woing891,083/
Waing89659/
Whing89123/
Weing89106/
Wieng8941/
Wingh8920/
Hwing8912/
Wingt899/
Wuing897/
Wingg893/
Wingz891/
Wng8664/
Wingke8058/
Wingås807/
Wiongq801/
Wheing801/
Vwings801/
Woingh801/
Weineg801/
Winngs801/
Wingtt801/
Winnng800/
Weng751,163,828/
Bing7516,247/
Wink759,501/
Ving75349/
Wång7539/
Wyng7524/
Uing7516/
Wäng759/
Wimg753/
Wngk752/
Hwng752/
Wnkg751/
Wngs751/
Wngp751/
Whng751/
Vwng751/
Wingsch7310/
Weinegg734/
Wingová731/
Winck672,935/
Vieng671,926/
Winke671,006/
Wienk67919/
Waeng67118/
Wienc6794/
Uings6782/
Wengh6760/
Weink6755/
Weang6742/
Viong6733/
Wengg6730/
Binng6729/
Hweng6729/
Waink6729/
Weeng6726/
Huing6724/
Wenng6722/
Weung6721/
Wincq6720/
Wueng6716/
Wheng6713/
Whink6711/
Bingh679/
Wainc678/
Vingå677/
Wångå677/
Vingh677/
Bingc677/
Winnk674/
Wengk673/
Bingë673/
Vings673/
Vuing672/
Wehng672/
Vingø672/
Wengt672/
Wayng672/
Bingq671/
Wincc671/
Hwink671/
Woyng671/
Vingt671/
Winnx671/
Wijnk671/
Wynng671/
Vinng671/
Wemng671/
Uinng671/
Winkc671/
Wimgk671/
Wincs671/
Bingg670/

Wing Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Wing in the Hindi language
विंगvinga-

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