Wing
Usually a habitational surname from places named Wing, likely referring to a flat plain or field.
The #2,858 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 24,476 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Wing is most often explained as a surname taken from places called Wing in England, especially in Buckinghamshire and Rutland. The place-name is commonly linked to Old English words meaning a plain or field, though some early writers also discussed related forms and local spelling developments. In short, the surname usually means someone who came from, or was identified with, a place called Wing.
History
19th-century surname dictionaries consistently treat Wing as a local or habitational name. It is associated with several English places, and related surnames such as Wingfield and Wingate were also discussed alongside it. The name appears early in English records and later spread more widely through ordinary migration, especially from rural parish names.
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Fun fact
The surname was often grouped with other place-based names built on the same Old English landscape vocabulary, especially Wingfield and Wingate.
From the historical record
“note under Winfield] WING (Eng.) I Bel. to Wing (Rutl.; Bucks), 13th cent. Wenge = the Plain or Field [O.E. wceng, wang (cp. the allied O.E. ge)wenge, the cheek] In the Domesday Witehunge (Bucks) -unge represents Wing, the -h- is unorig., and Wte- is doubtless for O.E. AoitV, 'white.' Wingate(s”
— Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary (2 vols in 1)