The Ring surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,381 people carried this name — #2,226 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,000 people counted. That is down 15% from 19,222 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 18 births for the Ring name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “12 in Cork.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Poland’s population register
382 people named Ring have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 515 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 187 people named Ring.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 102 people named Ring 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Ring live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
2,290 people named Ring are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Ring,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Ring 1752–1821 · translator -
John Francis Ring d. 1921
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William Ring 1581–1629
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Deborah Ring 1624–
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Eleazer Ring 1657–1749
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Mary Ring 1665–1730
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ring.
- Rinaldi 7,756 · U.S. census
- Rinaldo 1,052 · U.S. census
- Rinaudo 380 · U.S. census
- Rinck 733 · U.S. census
- Rincon 16,455 · U.S. census
- Rinderknecht 437 · U.S. census
- Ringeisen 391 · U.S. census
- Ringenbach 194 · U.S. census
- Ringler 3,472 · U.S. census
- Ringo 2,596 · U.S. census
- Ringwald 765 · U.S. census
- Rinn 929 · U.S. census
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