# Billings (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/billings/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,553 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,588 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,690 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (21,764 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɪlɪŋz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Billings in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Billings in the United States, Poland and Australia.

## People named Billings

- Josh Billings, American humorist (1818–1885)
- Alexandra Billings, American actor
- William Billings, American choral composer (1746-1800)
- John Shaw Billings, American surgeon, statistician, United States Army officer, designer of New York Public li
- Monique Billings, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Brook Billings, American volleyball player
- Franklin S. Billings, American politician (1862-1935)
- Amy Shark, Australian singer-songwriter

## Similar surnames

Billingsley, Bolling, Billington, Bullins, Billing, Balling, Blankenship, Blanchard, Blanco, Bowling, Blank, Belanger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.