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King

in Tennessee

There are 12,182 people with the last name "King" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

NameRank
King 19
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  1. is 15th most common Thomas
  2. is 16th most common Anderson
  3. is 17th most common Thompson
  4. is 18th most common Walker
  5. is 19th most common King
  6. is 20th most common Hall
  7. is 21st most common Clark
  8. is 22nd most common Phillips
  9. is 23rd most common Hill

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for King

James, David, Robert, John, Charles, William, Michael, Mary, Thomas, Jerry

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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