The surname Singer
An occupational surname, carried by 25,828 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S526
Origin
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.
Singer 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 25,828 people named Singer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,954 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,599.
Who is named Singer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Singer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Famous Singers
24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Peter SingerAustralian moral philosopher (born 1946)
- Isaac SingerAmerican businessman; inventor of the Singer sewing machine (1811-1875)
- Bryan SingerAmerican film director and producer, born 1965
- Isadore SingerAmerican mathematician (1924–2021)
- Eric SingerAmerican drummer, born 1958
- Lori SingerAmerican actress and classical musician, born 1957
- Maxine SingerAmerican molecular biologist (1931–2024)
- Winnaretta SingerAmerican socialite (1865–1943)
- Josh SingerAmerican screenwriter, born 1972
- Fred SingerAmerican physicist (1924-2020)
- Margaret SingerAmerican psychologist and researcher (1921–2003)
- Bobbie SingerAustrian singer, born 1981
Notable Singers come mostly from the United States (18), Australia (2) and Austria (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Singer has the Soundex code S526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S526.
Questions
- Where does the surname Singer come from?
- 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.
- How common is the surname Singer?
- 25,828 people in the United States had the surname Singer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,954 Americans. It ranked 1,366th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Singer?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Singer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- Who is the most famous person named Singer?
- Peter Singer, Australian moral philosopher (born 1946), followed by Isaac Singer.
- Where is the surname Singer most common?
- Wikidata records people named Singer in the United States, Australia and Austria and 2 other countries.
- What type of surname is Singer?
- Singer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Singer getting more or less common?
- More common. 25,599 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,828 in 2010, up 0.9%.