Zing
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Zing is a surname, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. It appears chiefly in English and French, written in the Latin script.
- USUnited States1 in 2M◐
- NZNew Zealand1 in 283K
- SGSingapore1 in 329K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈387 ◐
- Sources
- 64 ●
- 1 in 283K ◐
across 12 countries
2.9K records
Official registry-verified
New Zealand
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by estimated bearers.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | ≈164 | 2.2K rec. | 1 in 2M | 507 | Zing | 64 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈73△ | 33 rec. | 1 in 2.9M | — | Zing | 4 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈31 | 135 rec. | 1 in 1M | — | Zing | 7 |
| DE Germany | ≈20 | 39 rec. | 1 in 4.1M | — | Zing | 11 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈19 | 106 rec. | 1 in 3.4M | — | Zing | 14 |
| SG Singapore | ≈19 | 67 rec. | 1 in 329K | — | Zing | 18 |
| CA Canada | ≈17 | 59 rec. | 1 in 2.2M | — | Zing | 13 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈17 | 19 rec. | 1 in 283K | — | Zing | 3 |
| AU Australia | ≈16 | 136 rec. | 1 in 1.6M | — | Zing | 11 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈5 | 21 rec. | 1 in 3.2M | 6 | Zing | 6 |
| CH Switzerland | ≈3△ | 1 rec. | 1 in 2.9M | 3 | Zing | 2 |
| PH Philippines | ≈3 | 14 rec. | 1 in 32M | — | Zing | 5 |
Roughly 164 people in United States bear this name (about 1 in 2M). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English1.6K50%
- French47915%
- Spanish2739%
- Turkish2167%
- Malay1906%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 1,559 | 50% |
| French | 479 | 15% |
| Spanish | 273 | 9% |
| Turkish | 216 | 7% |
| Malay | 190 | 6% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 8 |
| 1901 | 5 |
| 1911 | 10 |
| 1921 | 15 |
| 1931 | 10 |
| 1941 | 9 |
| 1951 | 7 |
| 1961 | 7 |
| 1971 | 12 |
| 1981 | 9 |
| 1991 | 7 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Steve Zingb. 1964USAmerican drummer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 507 | #45,457 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 293 | #27,176 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 202 | #91,221 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 117 | #133,114 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 45 | #27,176 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 32 | #142,633 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 15 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 12 | #22,688 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 9 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 28 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Zing?
- We estimate roughly 387 people bear Zing (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.
- In which country does Zing have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 164 people bear Zing in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled zing.
- Where is Zing most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zing is densest in New Zealand — about 1 in 283 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
Query this name via API
curl https://nelma-api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zingThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use. Bulk access and licensing.
About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zing”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.