# Ting (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ting/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Hokkien or Eastern Min.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,103 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,382 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 99,499 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (3,050 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ding |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 丁 (teng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (dìng).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ting 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) | 5.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 88% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 5.3% |

## Similar surnames

Tang, Tong, Tinoco, Tung, Teng, Taing, Tinch, Tingey, Thomas, Tanaka, Towns, Tamez.

## 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.