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    The surname Singson

    A Chinese surname, carried by 708 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈsiŋson/ 2 syllables Soundex S525

    Singson: #32,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Singson #32,485, 708 people Singson: #32,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Singson #32,485, 708 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Singson is more common than 80% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Borrowed from Cebuano, Ilocano, and Tagalog Singson, possibly from Hokkien 曾孫 /曾孙 (cheng-sun, “great-grandson (in a male lineage)”), via Spanish Singson.

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 708 people named Singson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 436,081 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 558.

    #32,485
    rank among US surnames
    708
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.9%
    change since 2000 (was #37,534)

    Who is named Singson

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

    78% of people named Singson identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 8.3% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 78%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.8%
    • Two or more races 8.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Singson

    Singson has the Soundex code S525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S525.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Singson come from?
    Borrowed from Cebuano, Ilocano, and Tagalog Singson, possibly from Hokkien 曾孫 /曾孙 (cheng-sun, “great-grandson (in a male lineage)”), via Spanish Singson.
    How common is the surname Singson?
    708 people in the United States had the surname Singson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 436,081 Americans. It ranked 32,485th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Singson?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Singson identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Singson?
    Singson is /ˈsiŋson/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Singson getting more or less common?
    More common. 558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 708 in 2010, up 27%.