What nationality is the surname King?

Question: What nationality is the surname King!?

I'm just curious!.!.!. is is strictly English or could it come from a variety of countries!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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King is a very awkward name to figure out where it's from because there are too many sources from where it came from!. England, Ireland, Jewish and other european countries!. It was also one of those names that people changed their names to!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Maybe that surname come from any country that uses to speaks English, more certainlly from the Bristish Islands!.
(Anyone wanting to be a King!.!.rss!.!.)!.
Maybe!

I've read (forty years ago) a name of a person!
Very strange!.!.!.; "Um Dois Três de Oliveira Quatro"!
(I know that there isn't translation to a name, but it sounds like):
_"One Two Three of Olive Tree Four"!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It depends!. Martin Luther King and his son were African-Americans!. The only sure way to tell where your ancestors came from is to trace them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It could come from anywhere that speaks English, though originally it was probably from England!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Although it sounds waspy-English, I've known quite a few people named King from Jewish descent!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There's plenty of nationalities with that surname!.!.!. including the Chinese!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I've come across it in Ireland!.Www@QuestionHome@Com