Last Name LING

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Meaning Local: At the ling, one who resided on the heath or ling. Also 'of Ling,' a parish in county Somerset, six miles from Bridgewater. Both Ling and Linge are familiar surnames in the county.
English, 'long,' heath; also, a species of long grass; a long, slender fish.
Peace, tranquil.
Name LING is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'ЛИНГ'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name.
'LING'
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Origin English, Teutonic, Chinese, Jewish, German, Polish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Belarusian

Rank 3,968 (2000 US census) 5,093 (1990 US census)
Count 8,221 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 39.78%, or 3270 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 6.07%, or 499 total occurrences, as black,
  • 48.96%, or 4025 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.34%, or 28 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.66%, or 219 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.19%, or 180 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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