Ding is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ding
No. of characters: 4
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Ding

How popular is Ding?

Ding is common in China.

Ding is ranked 71 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dings grew by 83.30262 per cent to 4973 since 2000 and ranked 6784 after elevating 4010 spots. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 93.16 90.53
White 4.6 6.52
Black 0.97 1
Others 0.88 1.4
Ding is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in China which signifies that it is originated from China. Around 6414002 people have been found who wears Ding as their family name. Ding is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
839 South Korea10
83,734 Belarus9
83,411 Czech Republic8
20,525 Mauritania8
9,053 Senegal5
8,411 Costa Rica4
734 Myanmar4
1,941 Sudan4
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
4,138 Bahrain3
761 Brunei3
6,989 Uganda3
40,064 Nigeria2
1,389 Barbados2
24,269 Peru2
2,617 Cambodia2
4,689 Maldives2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
40,256 Mexico2
34,572 Israel2
89,020 Tanzania2
5,859 Mauritius2
12,844 Pakistan2
95,312 Argentina2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
717 Bhutan1
6,820 Angola1
7,191 Afghanistan1
8,859 Iraq1
24,460 Armenia1
2,024 Mongolia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
846 American Samoa1
408 Åland1
29,774 Venezuela1
573 Vanuatu1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
5,924 Paraguay1
6,149 Ethiopia1
17,236 Ghana1
1,254 Gibraltar1
3,275 Nepal1
42,479 Greece1
480 Micronesia1
537 Liechtenstein1
1,819 Laos1
17,575 Kuwait1
11,486 Estonia1
2,374 Bermuda1
36,814 Romania1
16,228 Bulgaria1
53,505 Turkey1
801 Cape Verde1
1,179 Swaziland1
3,243 Suriname1
11,923 Slovenia1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,721 Egypt1
3,993 El Salvador1
4,171 Rwanda1
6,212 Jamaica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
89,397 Ukraine48
6,551 Qatar39
9,524 Portugal37
18,843 Chile36
80,267 Kazakhstan24
3,830 Luxembourg20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,596 Colombia87
1,122 Thailand80
4,622 Wales79
137,153 Russia77
10,531 Norway72
9,137 Denmark64
220,783 India60
3,129 Northern Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Ding:
1,682 Switzerland612
9,056 Kenya549
15,335 Algeria357
2,182 New Zealand348
9,426 Saudi Arabia346
11,495 Spain313
2,834 Finland290
4,065 Austria288
10,104 Netherlands279
3,680 Sweden268
4,038 United Arab Emirates245
272 Macau242
39,356 Italy213
3,168 Scotland203
28,734 Poland191
60,164 Brazil159
8,668 Hungary131
39,125 South Africa128
3,419 Ireland115
16,921 Belgium104
Countries with thousands of Ding:
426 Malaysia9,157
5,675 United States6,927
1,879 Germany4,304
4,207 Philippines3,158
824 Vietnam2,981
188 Hong Kong2,895
206 Singapore2,791
1,902 Canada2,661
5,650 Indonesia2,443
1,611 Australia1,987
3,988 England1,882
4,560 France1,800
Countries with ten thousands of Ding:
987 Japan16,583
114 Taiwan12,516
Countries with millions of Ding:
47 China6,335,627
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Jas.D. Ding was Of unknown age when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 17, 1848. He lived in Great Britain and took Henry Clay from Liverpool.

Ding Namesakes

  • Mehmet Dingil, Soccer player
  • Anuradha Dingwaney Needham, Author
  • Ernie Dingo, Actor
  • Yi Ding, Actress
  • Atie Dingemans Zuurdeeg, Author
  • Jackie Dingfelder, Politician
  • Barbra Ding, Film producer
  • Cathy Dingman, Professional wrestler
  • Mustapha Dinguizli, Politician
  • Jiali Ding, Actress
  • Xiaoyi Ding characterized critical role of N in 1977 drama, mystery flick An jiao.
  • In 1984, Fung Ding played the role of N in 0 flick Hong yun dang tou.
  • In 1926, Ziming Ding portrayed the role of He Ailian in drama movie Nan wei le mei mei.
  • In 2012, Liuyuan Ding characterized the role of N in drama flick zhong cheng yu bei pan.
  • In 2008 drama flick, Foreign Devils, Na Ding played Chinese Girlfriend.

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