# Wing (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wing/  
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) | 12,614 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,858 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 24,476 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.3% (12,453 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wing 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wing in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Wing

- Lorna Wing, British autism researcher (1928–2014)
- Toby Wing, American actress and showgirl (1915-2001)
- Jeannette Wing, American computer scientist
- Sean Wing, American actor
- Grace Slick, American musician, writer and painter

## Similar surnames

Wong, Wang, Wingo, Weng, Wink, Wines, Wiens, Winch, Womack, Weems, Wenz, Wunsch.

## 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.