How common is the surname Ping?

3,209 people in the United States had the surname Ping in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,212 Americans. It ranked 10,036th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ping?

In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Ping identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Ping getting more or less common?

More common. 3,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,209 in 2010, up 6.9%.

Is Ping also a first name?

Yes. Ping 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 Ping

A surname, carried by 3,209 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P520 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ping is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,209 people named Ping in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,212 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,001.

#10,036

rank among US surnames

3,209

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,922)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,029	Trotman	3,212	96,123
#10,030	Copper	3,211	96,152
#10,034	Backman	3,210	96,182
#10,036	Eccles	3,209	96,212
#10,041	Caster	3,208	96,242
#10,044	Lieb	3,207	96,272

Who is named Ping

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

62% of people named Ping identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 15% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ping

Ping has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.

Questions

How common is the surname Ping?: 3,209 people in the United States had the surname Ping in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,212 Americans. It ranked 10,036th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ping?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Ping identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Ping getting more or less common?: More common. 3,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,209 in 2010, up 6.9%.
Is Ping also a first name?: Yes. Ping 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.