The King surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 438,986 people carried this name — #35 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 615 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
363 people named King live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 225 people named King.
Most of them — 121 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Paris.
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 Poland’s population register
152 people named King have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 393 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 65 people named King 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 print
King in American newspapers,
1872–1937.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,959,016 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named King,
with a public archive behind them.
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William King 1650–1729 · archbishop -
William King 1786–1865 · physician -
Charles King 1789–1867 · editor -
William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace 1805–1893 · politician -
Edward King 1829–1910 · bishop
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 266 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to King.
- Kind 1,565 · U.S. census
- Kindel 1,072 · U.S. census
- Kindelberger 213 · U.S. census
- Kinder 10,083 · U.S. census
- Kindler 1,166 · U.S. census
- Kindt 1,361 · U.S. census
- Kint 469 · U.S. census
- Kintz 1,632 · U.S. census
- Kipfer 602 · U.S. census
- Kipp 5,978 · U.S. census
- Kipper 948 · U.S. census
- Kirch 1,550 · U.S. census
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