The Ding surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,973 people carried this name — #6,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,200 people counted. That is up 83% from 2,713 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ding surname
Borrowed from Mandarin 丁 (Dīng) or Eastern Min 陳 /陈 (Dĭng).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ding» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
323 people named Ding live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 110 people named Ding live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Ding.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Doubs.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Ding live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Flemish Brabant.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
150 people named Ding 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).
In print
Ding in American newspapers,
1880–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,244,701 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ding,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ding Taiyun d. 1644 · politician
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Ding Jinglan d. 1860 · poet
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Ding Han d. 999 · military personnel
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Ding Han d. 999 · military personnel
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Ding Mi d. 249 · politician
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Ding Juhui d. 840 · poet
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ding.
When the index is not enough
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