# Singh (surname)

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

A surname from Punjabi.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Punjabi |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 116,749 |
| US rank (2010) | 260 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,645 people |
| Change since 2000 | +61% (72,642 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /sɪŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Sing |

## Etymology

From Hindi सिंघ (siṅgh, “lion”) or Punjabi ਸਿੰਘ (siṅgh, “lion”). Doublet of Sinha.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Singh 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) | 4.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 83% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 4.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Singh in India, Dominion of India and Canada.

## People named Singh

- Nongthombam Biren Singh, 12th Chief Minister of Manipur
- Niharika Singh, actress
- Kamal Narain Singh, 22nd Chief Justice of India
- Ananta Singh, Bengali revolutionary
- Madan Gopal Singh, an Indian composer, singer, lyricist, actor, screenwriter, film theorist, editor and polyg
- Hannah Simone, British actress

## Similar surnames

Sin, Sine, Sinn, Sink, Sing, Swing, Sangha, Sims, Saenz, Simms, Song, Sams.

## 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.