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    The surname Wing

    A surname, carried by 12,614 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W520

    Wing: #2,858 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Wing #2,858, 12,614 people Wing: #2,858 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wing #2,858, 12,614 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wing is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,614 people named Wing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,476 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,453.

    #2,858
    rank among US surnames
    12,614
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,670)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,849Benavidez12,64824,411
    #2,850Garber12,64024,426
    #2,852Lerma12,63924,428
    #2,853Alcantara12,63624,434
    #2,854Houck12,63424,438
    #2,855Seitz12,63024,445
    #2,856Schubert12,62924,447

    Who is named Wing

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

    82% of people named Wing identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wings

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lorna Wing
      British autism researcher (1928–2014)
    • Toby Wing
      American actress and showgirl (1915-2001)
    • Jeannette Wing
      American computer scientist, born 1956
    • Sean Wing
      American actor, born 1982
    • Grace Slick
      American musician, writer and painter, born 1939

    Notable Wings come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wing

    Wing has the Soundex code W520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Wing?
    12,614 people in the United States had the surname Wing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,476 Americans. It ranked 2,858th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wing?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Wing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Wing?
    Lorna Wing, British autism researcher (1928–2014), followed by Toby Wing.
    Where is the surname Wing most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wing in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Wing getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,453 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,614 in 2010, up 1.3%.