The surname Singhal
A Hindi surname, carried by 1,236 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S524
Origin
Hindi origin
Borrowed from Hindi सिंघल (siṅghal).
One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,236 people named Singhal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,794 Americans. That is up 88% since 2000, when the Census counted 659.
Who is named Singhal
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Singhal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
- Singla
Surnames that sound like Singhal
Singhal has the Soundex code S524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S524.
Other Hindi surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Singhal come from?
- Borrowed from Hindi सिंघल (siṅghal).
- How common is the surname Singhal?
- 1,236 people in the United States had the surname Singhal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,794 Americans. It ranked 21,228th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Singhal?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Singhal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Singhal getting more or less common?
- More common. 659 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,236 in 2010, up 88%.
- What are other spellings of Singhal?
- Singla.