Fing
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Fing is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. In English, recorded as Alternative spelling of effing.
- AUAustralia
- MYMalaysia
- PHPhilippines
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nonstandard form of 揈 (fing⁶, “to sway; to swing; to shake; etc.”)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
How Fing is read(measured from records)
Fing is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English59%
Alternative spelling of effing.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish16%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Fing in Spanish.
- Chinese7.6%
nonstandard form of 揈 (fing⁶, “to sway; to swing; to shake; etc.”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Malay5.6%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Fing in Malay.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Fing is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Lao, v. warm oneself; sun oneself. — Q1. v. warm oneself in the sun. — w ‘v. warmioneself before the fire.” *
as a wordLao-English Dictionary
In cdo, megs 2 4 % phosphorus, a flitting light. a will-é the wisp
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, to bellow, the lowing of cattle, the hum of insects
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, 5 the stupid fellow emits a flash (of genius)
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Fing come from?
- nonstandard form of 揈 (fing⁶, “to sway; to swing; to shake; etc.”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name Fing mean?
- In English, Alternative spelling of effing.
- In which country does Fing have the most bearers?
- Fing is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fingThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fing”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.