Last name אלינג (Elling 
, אלינג 
) , globally, is quite a rare cognomen. The surname אלינג is characteristic of British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, Denmark, where it is quite a rare surname, and Estonia. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Germany, and Denmark. Much less frequently, אלינג is the forename as well as the last name.