How common is the surname Ting?

3,103 people in the United States had the surname Ting in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,499 Americans. It ranked 10,382nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ting getting more or less common?

More common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,103 in 2010, up 1.7%.

Is Ting also a first name?

Yes. Ting 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 Ting

A Chinese surname, carried by 3,103 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ting is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

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

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 3,103 people named Ting in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,499 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,050.

#10,382

rank among US surnames

3,103

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,373	McLamb	3,106	99,403
#10,377	Fromm	3,105	99,435
#10,380	Hosier	3,104	99,467
#10,382	Donohoe	3,103	99,499
#10,387	Tyus	3,102	99,531
#10,391	Carnevale	3,101	99,563

Who is named Ting

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

88% of people named Ting identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
White (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Two or more races 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Ding

Surnames that sound like Ting

Ting has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ting come from?: Borrowed from Hokkien 丁 (teng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (dìng).
How common is the surname Ting?: 3,103 people in the United States had the surname Ting in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,499 Americans. It ranked 10,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ting?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Ting identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ting getting more or less common?: More common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,103 in 2010, up 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Ting?: Ding.
Is Ting also a first name?: Yes. Ting 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.