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King

in North Carolina

There are 14,155 people with the last name "King" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
King 27
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  1. is 23rd most common Clark
  2. is 24th most common Hill
  3. is 25th most common Walker
  4. is 26th most common Lee
  5. is 27th most common King
  6. is 28th most common Anderson
  7. is 29th most common Carter
  8. is 30th most common Wright
  9. is 31st most common Phillips

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kang, Kingsley, Kingston, Kingsbury, Kong, Kingery, Kung, Kingman, Kinghorn, Kingrey

Most Common First Names for King

James, William, John, Robert, David, Charles, Michael, Mary, Richard, Larry

Meaning & History

English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English king, Old English cyning ‘king’ (originally merely a tribal leader, from Old English cyn(n) ‘tribe’, ‘race’ + the Germanic suffix -ing). The word was already used as a byname before the Norman Conquest, and the nickname was common in the Middle Ages, being used to refer to someone who conducted himself in a kingly manner, or one who had played the part of a king in a pageant, or one who had won the title in a tournament. In other cases it may actually have referred to someone who served in the king's household. The American surname has absorbed several European cognates and equivalents with the same meaning, for example German König (see Koenig), Swiss German Küng, French Leroy. It is also found as an Ashkenazic Jewish surname, of ornamental origin.

Chinese 金: variant of Jin 1.

Chinese 景, 荆, 井, 金: see Jing.

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