How common is the surname Jing?

1,033 people in the United States had the surname Jing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Jing?

Jing is /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Jing getting more or less common?

More common. 565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 83%.

Is Jing also a first name?

Yes. Jing is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Jing

A surname, carried by 1,033 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex J520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jing is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

A transliteration of the Mandarin surname 井 (jǐng)

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,033 people named Jing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. That is up 83% since 2000, when the Census counted 565.

#24,288

rank among US surnames

1,033

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+82.8%

change since 2000 (was #37,145)

Who is named Jing

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

95% of people named Jing identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jing

Jing has the Soundex code J520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J520.

Questions

How common is the surname Jing?: 1,033 people in the United States had the surname Jing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jing?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Jing identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Jing?: Jing is /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Jing getting more or less common?: More common. 565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 83%.
Is Jing also a first name?: Yes. Jing is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.