Last Name EWING

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Meaning The son of Ewan. Not always Scotch, as the first name was popular in North England. Probably cognate with the Welsh Evan. The 'g' in Ewing and Ewings is, of course, excrecent, as in Jennings.
Origin English, Scottish, Irish, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank 969 (2000 US census) 852 (1990 US census)
Count 32,925 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 78.68%, or 25905 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 17.11%, or 5633 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.56%, or 184 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.43%, or 142 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.57%, or 517 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.64%, or 540 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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