# Sinha (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,066 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,155 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 75,933 people |
| Change since 2000 | +72% (2,360 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Hindi सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Marathi सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Nepali सिंह (siṁha, “lion”), or Bengali সিংহ (siṁha, “lion”), or Gujarati સિંહ (siṁha, “lion”), or Punjabi ਸ਼ੀਂਹ (siṁha, “lion”). Doublet of Singh

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sinha 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) | 4.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 91% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sinha in India.

## People named Sinha

- Pradeep Kumar Sinha, 31st Cabinet Secretary of the Republic of India

## Similar surnames

Sin, Sine, Sinn, Sion, Sian, Sinay, Sweeney, Snow, Sheehan, Swain, Sun, Swan.

## 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.