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There are approximately 1,371 people named Ing in the UK. That makes it the 5,895th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 22 are named Ing.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Ing surname in historical dictionaries

{(° ING. A very common termination of local surnames, for an explanation of which see Preliminary Dissertation. In \Ir. Clark's " Surnames metrically Arranged and Classified," we have the following curious list with this termination, nearly eveiy one of whicli, though of local origin, loolis like the active participle of some well-known verb. "Thus, then, we"ve Standing, Rising, Falling, Curling, Cupping, Gumming, Calling; Budding, Browning, Bedding, Baring, Watering, Weeding, "WHiiting, AVaring ; Codling, Culling, Ayling, Catchuag, Peeling, Paring, Painting, Patching ; Stradliug, Suckling, Swadling, Spending, Living, Loving, Larking, Lending ; Fielding, Farming, Harrowing, Tilling, Bidding, Bending, Banning, Billing ; Bowling, Bidding, Banking, Bunuiug, Going, Laming, Keening, DuuuLng;

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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