Last Name KING

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Meaning The king. English Kings are of no royal descent; nor yet is the title always a mere nickname, like Caesar, Kaiser, Emperor, from the royal bearing or appearance of the original nominee. The fact is the progenitors of English Kings acted in that capacity in the numerous festival and mock ceremonials of mediaeval times. Besides the king and queen enthroned on May-day (who would maintain their regal title through the year, at least), there was the familiar 'King of Misrule,' whome every great nobleman possessed. 'Queen' also existed as a surname. That King should be so largely represented simply proves that every town and village had its festival, and that the 'King' was proud of his title; so were his children. Thus it became hereditary.
The primary sense is a head or leader. Gaelic, 'ceann;' Welsh, 'cun' and 'cwn,' a head, a leader. Saxon, 'cyng,' and nearly the same in all the Teutonic dialects.
The king. The Kings are of no royal descent; nor yet is the title always a mere nickname, like Caesar, Kaiser, Emperor, from the royal bearing or appearance of the original nominee. The fact is the progenitors of the Kings acted in that capacity in the numerous festival and mock ceremonials of mediaeval times. The King should be so largely represented now simply proves that every town and village had its festival, and that the 'King' was proud of his title; so were his children. Thus it became hereditary.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Dutch, French, Polish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Chinese, Amish, Austrian, Belgian, Bahraini, South african, Hungarian, Guam

Rank 35 (2000 US census) 30 (1990 US census)
Count 438,986 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 72.8%, or 319582 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 22.02%, or 96665 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.88%, or 3863 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.97%, or 4258 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.71%, or 7507 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.62%, or 7112 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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