How common is the surname Sing?

2,613 people in the United States had the surname Sing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,157 Americans. It ranked 11,960th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sing?

Billy Sing, Australian soldier in World War I.

Where is the surname Sing most common?

Wikidata records people named Sing in Australia.

How do you pronounce Sing?

Sing is /ˈsɪŋ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Sing getting more or less common?

More common. 2,392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,613 in 2010, up 9.2%.

The surname Sing

An occupational surname, carried by 2,613 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsɪŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sing is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname from English [in turn originating as an occupation].

Sing is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,613 people named Sing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,157 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,392.

#11,960

rank among US surnames

2,613

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,981)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,952	Botkin	2,616	118,022
#11,954	McMullan	2,615	118,067
#11,957	Schillinger	2,614	118,112
#11,960	Abernethy	2,613	118,157
#11,965	Germann	2,612	118,203
#11,968	Holtzclaw	2,611	118,248

Who is named Sing

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

44% of people named Sing identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 44%
White (not Hispanic) 34%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
Two or more races 5.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Sings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Billy Sing
Australian soldier in World War I, 1886–1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Sing

Sing has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Questions

How common is the surname Sing?: 2,613 people in the United States had the surname Sing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,157 Americans. It ranked 11,960th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sing?: In the 2010 Census, 44% of people named Sing identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sing?: Billy Sing, Australian soldier in World War I.
Where is the surname Sing most common?: Wikidata records people named Sing in Australia.
How do you pronounce Sing?: Sing is /ˈsɪŋ/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Sing?: Sing is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sing getting more or less common?: More common. 2,392 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,613 in 2010, up 9.2%.