Ching (surname)
Ching is a Chinese and English surname.
Origins
As a Chinese surname, Ching may be a romanisation of the pronunciations in different varieties of Chinese of the following surnames, listed based on their Pinyin romanisation :- Jing, spelled Ching in the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese, which was common up to the 20th century and remains widespread in Taiwan:
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- Qing, spelled Ch'ing in Wade–Giles:
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- Chéng, spelled Ching based on its Cantonese pronunciation
- Zhuāng, spelled Ching based on its pronunciation in various Southern Min dialects
Statistics
In Ontario, Canada, Ching was among the 200-most-common peculiarly Chinese surnames in a 2010 survey of the Registered Persons Database of Canadian health card recipients in the province.According to statistics compiled by Patrick Hanks on the basis of the 2011 United Kingdom census and the Census of Ireland 2011, 493 people on the island of Great Britain and two on the island of Ireland bore the surname Ching as of 2011. In the 1881 United Kingdom census there had been 476 people with the surname Dann, primarily at Cornwall and neighbouring Devon.
The 2010 United States census found 7,417 people with the surname Ching, making it the 4,772nd-most-common name in the country. against 6,919 people in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, about seven-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander, about nine percent as non-Hispanic white, and between four and six percent as Hispanic of any ethnicity. It was the 211th-most-common surname among Asian and Pacific Islanders.
People
Academia
- Emily S. C. Ching, Hong Kong theoretical physicist
- Frank Ching, American architecture and design graphics writer and academic
- Julia Ching, Chinese-born professor of religion, philosophy and East Asian studies in Canada
- Pao-yu Ching, Chinese-born American Marxist–Leninist–Maoist economist
- Ren-Chang Ching, Chinese botanist
- Te May Ching, Chinese-born agronomist in the United States
- Wai-Yim Ching, Chinese-born physicist in the United States
Entertainment
- Carla Ching, American playwright, television writer, and teacher
- Joyce Ching, Filipino actress and model
- Larry Ching, American nightclub singer
- Ching Li, Hong Kong actress
- Ching Miao, Hong Kong actor
- Ross Ching, American filmmaker
- Ching Siu-tung, Hong Kong action choreographer, actor, film director and producer
- William Ching, American actor
- Ching Lau Lauro, stage name of a juggler and magician, possibly an Italian bandsman named Lauro Cecconi
- Ching Ling Foo, stage name of the Chinese magician Chee Ling Qua
Government and politics
- Charles Ching, Hong Kong barrister and judge
- Ching Cheung-ying, Hong Kong politician and schoolteacher
- Cyrus S. Ching, Canadian-American industrialist, federal civil servant and labor union mediator
- UK Ching, Bangladeshi freedom fighter
- Tautoloitua Sauasetoa Ho Ching, American Samoan politician
Sport
- Brian Ching, American soccer executive and retired player
- Danny Ching, American standup paddleboarder
- Ching Hong Aik, Malaysian former footballer
- Ian Ching, New Zealand cricketer
- Laura Lee Ching, American surfer
- Ching Siu Nga, Hong Kong racewalking athlete
Other
- Jeffrey Ching, Filipino classical composer
- Mariano Ching, Filipino artist
- Michael Ching, American composer
- Patrick Ching, American conservationist, wildlife artist, ornithological illustrator and author of children's books
- Raymond Ching, New Zealand painter