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    The surname Singletary

    A surname, carried by 13,749 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex S524

    Singletary: #2,622 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Singletary #2,622, 13,749 people Singletary: #2,622 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Singletary #2,622, 13,749 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Singletary is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,749 people named Singletary in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,456 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,979.

    #2,622
    rank among US surnames
    13,749
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,559)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,613Lovelace13,78722,394
    #2,614Valles13,77722,410
    #2,615Weller13,77422,415
    #2,616Upton13,76922,423
    #2,617Andrew13,76422,431
    #2,618Estrella13,75822,441
    #2,619Tharp13,75722,443

    Who is named Singletary

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

    52% of people named Singletary identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 52%
    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Singletarys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mike Singletary
      American football player and coach, born 1958
    • Devin Singletary
      American football player, born 1997
    • Sean Singletary
      American basketball player (born 1985)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Singletary

    Singletary has the Soundex code S524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Singletary?
    13,749 people in the United States had the surname Singletary in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,456 Americans. It ranked 2,622nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Singletary?
    In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Singletary identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Singletary?
    Mike Singletary, American football player and coach, followed by Devin Singletary.
    Where is the surname Singletary most common?
    Wikidata records people named Singletary in the United States.
    Is the surname Singletary getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,749 in 2010, up 5.9%.