# Ling (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ling/  
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) | 9,127 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,887 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,828 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (8,221 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Mandarin 令 (Lìng)， 凌 (Líng) or Eastern Min 林 (Lìng).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ling 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) | 34% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 55% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ling in the United States and Belarus.

## People named Ling

- Julia Ling, American actress
- Lisa Ling, American journalist, television personality, and author
- Laura Ling, American journalist
- Syarhei Linh, 3rd Prime Minister of Belarus 1996–2000

## Similar surnames

Long, Lang, Liang, Link, Lung, Laing, Lingo, Linke, Leng, Linck, Lines, Lawing.

## 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.