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.
Notable people with the surname
Born before 1800
Alexander Ewing (soldier) (1768–1827), soldier for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 Finis Ewing (1773–1841) John Ewing (pastor) (1732–1801), American 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 (bishop) (1814–1873), Scottish church leader
Alexander Ewing (composer) (1830–1895), Scottish composer
Alfred Ewing (1855–1935), British physicist and engineer
Andrew Ewing (1813–1864), American politician
Arthur Henry Ewing (1864–1912), American Presbyterian missionary and academic
Bob Ewing (1873–1947), American baseball player
Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing (1860–1903), Scottish politician
Clinton L. Ewing (1879–1953), American farmer, businessman, and politician
Dave Ewing (1881–1952), English footballer
Edwin Hickman Ewing (1809–1902), American politician
Emma Pike Ewing (1838–1917), American educator, author
George Clinton Ewing (1810–1888), American politician and founder of Holyoke, Massachusetts George Edwin Ewing (1828–1884), Scottish sculptor Henry Ellsworth Ewing (1883–1951), American arachnologist J. C. Ewing (1875–1965), American college sports coach James Ewing (1866–1943), American pathologist John Ewing (1863–1895), American 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 Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet (1818–1893), Scottish politician Thomas Ewing (1856–1920), Australian politician Thomas Ewing Jr. (1829–1896), American lawyer, general, and politician
Born before 1950
Diana Ewing (born 1946), American television actress
Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford (1931–2007), British politician
Ian Orr-Ewing (1912–1999), British politician
James Arthur Ewing (1916–1991), 40th Governor of American Samoa
James Eugene Ewing (born 1933), American evangelist
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 Roger Ewing (born 1942), American film and television actor Rufus Ewing (born 1942), politician in the Turks and Caicos Islands Streamline Ewing, born John Ewing (1917–2002), American jazz trombonist Thomas W. Ewing (born 1935), American politician Winnie Ewing (1929–2023), Scottish politician