Wing is a surname with a history dating back to the middle ages in Europe. Wing is a British occupational last name of old Dutch origins. First documented evidence of the surname dates to the county of Cornwall in 1196.
Wing is the 1190th most popular last name in the world. There are approximately 120190 with the name Wing living in Great Britain. A late 18th century Wing was noted as a keen drinker after police allegedly escorted him out of no less than five pubs in a single evening. Never too far from controversy two brothers Michael Wing and David Wing were sent to jail in 1901 for stealing a bicycle. 32