The Billing surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,085 people carried this name — #23,432 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is down 13% from 1,252 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Billing surname
From the Old English surname, named after Billing in Liverpool, from bil (“double-edged sword”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Billing» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Billing.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
44 people named Billing live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
730 people named Billing is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Billing,
with a public archive behind them.
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Archibald Billing 1791–1881 · art historian -
Tore Billing 1817–1892 · painter -
Gottfrid Billing 1841–1925 · priest -
Herman Billing 1849–1917 · judge -
Thomas Billing d. 1481 · judge
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Magnus Billing 1792–1869
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Billing.
- Billette 106 · U.S. census
- Billey 386 · U.S. census
- Billi 127 · U.S. census
- Billiard 242 · U.S. census
- Billiet 161 · U.S. census
- Billig 790 · U.S. census
- Billion 125 · U.S. census
- Billiot 3,272 · U.S. census
- Billo 189 · U.S. census
- Billon 143 · U.S. census
- Billot 221 · U.S. census
- Billotte 344 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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