How common is the surname Billings?

22,553 people in the United States had the surname Billings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,690 Americans. It ranked 1,588th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Billings?

Josh Billings, American humorist (1818–1885), followed by Alexandra Billings.

Where is the surname Billings most common?

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

How do you pronounce Billings?

Billings is /ˈbɪlɪŋz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Billings getting more or less common?

More common. 21,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,553 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Billings

A surname, carried by 22,553 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbɪlɪŋz/ 2 syllables Soundex B452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Billings is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,553 people named Billings in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,690 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,764.

#1,588

rank among US surnames

22,553

people in 2010

7.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,509)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,579	Casillas	22,710	13,595
#1,580	Lilly	22,662	13,624
#1,581	Biggs	22,641	13,637
#1,582	Yeager	22,634	13,641
#1,583	Godwin	22,628	13,644
#1,584	Sprague	22,610	13,655
#1,585	Rosen	22,596	13,664

Who is named Billings

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Billings identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Billingss

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josh Billings
American humorist (1818–1885)
Alexandra Billings
American actor, born 1962
William Billings
American choral composer (1746-1800)
John Shaw Billings
American surgeon, statistician, United States Army officer, designer of New York Public li, 1838–1913
Monique Billings
American basketball player (born 1996)
Brook Billings
American volleyball player, born 1980
Franklin S. Billings
American politician (1862-1935)
Amy Shark
Australian singer-songwriter, born 1986

Notable Billingss come mostly from the United States (6), Poland (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Billings

Billings has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

Questions

How common is the surname Billings?: 22,553 people in the United States had the surname Billings in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,690 Americans. It ranked 1,588th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Billings?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Billings identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Billings?: Josh Billings, American humorist (1818–1885), followed by Alexandra Billings.
Where is the surname Billings most common?: Wikidata records people named Billings in the United States, Poland and Australia.
How do you pronounce Billings?: Billings is /ˈbɪlɪŋz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Billings getting more or less common?: More common. 21,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,553 in 2010, up 3.6%.