# Singer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/singer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 25,828 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,366 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,954 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (25,599 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From singer. * (sewing machines): Named after American inventor and businessman I. M. Singer, the company founder of Singer Sewing Machines * (motorcars): Named after British entrepreneur and businessman George Singer, the company founder of Singer & Co.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Singer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Singer in the United States, Australia, Austria, Brazil and Poland.

## People named Singer

- Peter Singer, Australian moral philosopher (born 1946)
- Isaac Singer, American businessman; inventor of the Singer sewing machine (1811-1875)
- Bryan Singer, American film director and producer
- Isadore Singer, American mathematician (1924–2021)
- Eric Singer, American drummer
- Lori Singer, American actress and classical musician
- Maxine Singer, American molecular biologist (1931–2024)
- Winnaretta Singer, American socialite (1865–1943)
- Josh Singer, American screenwriter
- Fred Singer, American physicist (1924-2020)
- Margaret Singer, American psychologist and researcher (1921–2003)
- Bobbie Singer, Austrian singer

and 12 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Sanger, Songer, Senger, Swanger, Shoemaker, Schumacher, Shumaker, Schmucker, Schumaker, Schoonmaker, Shankar, Smoker.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.