Ewing ( surname ) - wikipedia Ewing ( surname ) Ewing Pronunciation / ˈjuːwɪŋ / YEW - ing Origin Region of origin Scotland Language ( s ) Scottish English Word / Name Old Gaelic Meaning `` ( son of ) Eógan '' Other names Variant ( s ) MacEwen and McEwing Ewan and Ewans Ewen and Ewens Ewin and Ewins Hewin and Hewins Ewings See also Welsh Owen Families Clan Ewing Clan Ewen of Otter Clan MacLachlan Clan MacEwen Clan Campbell The surname Ewing is of Scottish origin, and is an Anglicised form derived from the Gaelic clan name `` Clann Eóghain '' meaning `` Children of Eóghain ''. The forename `` Eógan '' is thought to derive ultimately from the Greek eugenes ( Greek - ευγενής, meaning `` noble '', literally `` well - born '' ). The earliest known coat of arms in the name Ewing appears in the Workman Armorial dated 1566. Contents 1 Notable people with the surname `` Ewing '' 1.1 Born before 1800 1.2 Born before 1900 1.3 Born before 1950 1.4 Born after 1950 2 Fictional characters 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Notable people with the surname `` Ewing '' Born before 1800 Alexander Ewing ( soldier ) ( 1768 - 1827 ) was a soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 Finis Ewing ( 1773 -- 1841 ) John Ewing ( pastor ) ( 1732 -- 1801 ), Presbyterian pastor and university president John Ewing ( 1789 -- 1858 ), U.S. Representative from Indiana John Hoge Ewing ( 1796 -- 1887 ), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. Thomas Ewing ( 1789 -- 1871 ), U.S. politician William Lee D. Ewing ( 1795 -- 1846 ), U.S. politician Born before 1900 A.C. Ewing ( 1889 -- 1973 ), British philosopher Alexander Ewing ( 1814 -- 1873 ), Scottish church leader Andrew Ewing ( 1813 -- 1864 ), American politician Arthur Henry Ewing ( 1864 -- 1912 ), Presbyterian missionary and academic Bob Ewing ( 1873 -- 1947 ), American baseball player Charles Lindsay Orr - Ewing ( 1860 -- 1903 ), Scottish politician Dave Ewing ( 1881 -- 1952 ), English footballer Edwin Hickman Ewing ( 1809 -- 1902 ), American politician George Clinton Ewing ( 1810 -- 1888 ), American politician and founder of Holyoke, Massachusetts George Edwin Ewing ( 1828 -- 1884 ), Scottish sculptor J.C. Ewing ( fl. 1902 ), American college sports coach James Alfred Ewing ( 1855 -- 1935 ), physicist and engineer James Ewing ( 1866 -- 1943 ), pathologist John Ewing ( 1863 -- 1895 ), professional baseball player John D. Ewing ( 1892 -- 1952 ), Louisiana journalist ; editor, publisher of Shreveport Times, Monroe New - Star - World Juliana Horatia Ewing ( 1842 -- 1885 ), English children 's writer Matthew Ewing ( 1815 -- 1874 ), American inventor Norman Ewing ( 1870 -- 1928 ), Australian politician Norman Orr - Ewing ( 1880 -- 1960 ) Robert Ewing ( mayor ) ( 1849 -- 1932 ), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee, 1915 -- 1917 Buck Ewing ( 1859 -- 1906 ), American Major League Baseball player Robert Ewing ( newspaper publisher ) ( 1859 -- 1931 ), American newspaper journalist and editor active in Louisiana Sir Archibald Orr - Ewing, 1st Baronet ( 1818 -- 1893 ), Scottish politician Thomas Ewing ( 1856 -- 1920 ), Australian politician Thomas Ewing, Jr. ( 1829 -- 1896 ), U.S. lawyer, general, and politician Born before 1950 Diana Ewing ( 1946 -- ), American television actress Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford ( 1931 -- 2007 ), British Politician Ian Orr - Ewing ( 1912 -- 1999 ), British politician James Arthur Ewing ( 1916 -- ), 40th Governor of American Samoa James Eugene Ewing ( 1933 -- ) John H. Ewing ( 1918 -- 2012 ), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and State Senate Margaret Ewing ( 1945 -- 2006 ), Scottish politician, wife of Fergus Ewing Maurice Ewing ( 1906 -- 1974 ), American geophysicist and oceanographer Randy Ewing ( 1944 -- ), American politician from Louisiana Robert Ewing III ( 1935 -- 2007 ), American photographer, grandson of the newspaper publisher Rufus Ewing ( 1942 -- ), politician in the Turks and Caicos Islands Streamline Ewing, born John Ewing ( 1917 -- 2002 ), American jazz trombonist Thomas W. Ewing ( 1935 -- ), US politician Winnie Ewing ( 1929 -- ), Scottish politician Born after 1950 Al Ewing ( 1977 -- ), British comic writer Annabelle Ewing ( 1960 -- ), Scottish politician, daughter of Winnie Ewing Daniel Ewing ( 1983 -- ), American professional basketball player Dan Ewing ( 1985 -- ), Australian actor Fergus Ewing ( 1957 -- ), Scottish politician, son of Winnie Ewing Fyfe Ewing ( 1970 -- ), Irish drummer Garen Ewing ( 1969 -- ), British comic creator Gavin Ewing ( 1981 -- ), Zimbabwean cricketer Larry Ewing, American computer programmer Lynne Ewing, American author and a screen writer Marc Ewing ( 1969 - ), American developer of the Red Hat brand of software Maria Ewing ( 1950 - ), American opera singer Patrick Ewing ( 1962 - ), Jamaica - born American basketball player Patrick Ewing, Jr. ( 1984 - ), son of Patrick, American basketball player representing Jamaica internationally Reid Ewing ( 1988 - ), American actor Skip Ewing ( 1964 - ), American country music singer and songwriter Wenika Ewing ( 1985 - ), Turks and Caicos fashion model Fictional characters The surname was used for a fictional Ewing family in the 1978 -- 91 TV series Dallas, its 2012 -- 14 revival, and the spin - off series Knots Landing. See also Clan Ewing Ewing ( disambiguation ) Orr - Ewing Baronets Adlai Ewing Stevenson I Adlai Ewing Stevenson II Adlai Ewing Stevenson III References Jump up ^ Ewing on Surnamedb.com Jump up ^ Ewing on Goireland.com Jump up ^ Stodart, Robert R. 1881, Scottish Arms, Edinburgh, William Paterson. Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames ( page 158, by P.H. Reaney, revised by R.M. Wilson, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0 - 19 - 280663 - 7 ) External links Ewing Family Association Ewing Surname Y - DNA Project This page lists people with the surname Ewing. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. 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Question: where does the last name ewing come from
Answer: of Scottish origin