How common is the surname Ding?

4,973 people in the United States had the surname Ding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,084 Americans. It ranked 6,784th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ding?

Ding Feng, followed by Ding Yi.

Where is the surname Ding most common?

Wikidata records people named Ding in Eastern Wu and Austria.

Is the surname Ding getting more or less common?

More common. 2,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,973 in 2010, up 83%.

The surname Ding

A Chinese surname, carried by 4,973 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ding is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (Dĭng).

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,973 people named Ding in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,084 Americans. That is up 83% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,713.

#6,784

rank among US surnames

4,973

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+83.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,794)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,776	Youngs	4,977	62,034
#6,777	Radke	4,976	62,047
#6,781	Guyer	4,974	62,072
#6,784	Chee	4,973	62,084
#6,787	Hyder	4,971	62,109
#6,788	Coston	4,969	62,134

Who is named Ding

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

93% of people named Ding identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Dings

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ding Feng
Ding Yi
Austrian table tennis player, born 1959

Notable Dings come mostly from Eastern Wu (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Ting

Surnames that sound like Ding

Ding has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ding come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (Dĭng).
How common is the surname Ding?: 4,973 people in the United States had the surname Ding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,084 Americans. It ranked 6,784th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ding?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ding identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ding?: Ding Feng, followed by Ding Yi.
Where is the surname Ding most common?: Wikidata records people named Ding in Eastern Wu and Austria.
Is the surname Ding getting more or less common?: More common. 2,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,973 in 2010, up 83%.
What are other spellings of Ding?: Ting.