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    The surname Sinha

    A surname, carried by 4,066 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S500

    Sinha: #8,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sinha #8,155, 4,066 people Sinha: #8,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sinha #8,155, 4,066 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sinha is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,066 people named Sinha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,933 Americans. That is up 72% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,360.

    #8,155
    rank among US surnames
    4,066
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +72.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,122)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,148Grosso4,06975,877
    #8,150Mayne4,06875,896
    #8,153Brownfield4,06775,915
    #8,155Sinha4,06675,933
    #8,158McPhee4,06575,952
    #8,159Paquin4,06475,971
    #8,162Armitage4,06375,990

    Who is named Sinha

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

    91% of people named Sinha identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

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

    Famous Sinhas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Pradeep Kumar Sinha
      31st Cabinet Secretary of the Republic of India, born 1955

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sinha

    Sinha has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sinha come from?
    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
    How common is the surname Sinha?
    4,066 people in the United States had the surname Sinha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,933 Americans. It ranked 8,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sinha?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sinha identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sinha?
    Pradeep Kumar Sinha, 31st Cabinet Secretary of the Republic of India.
    Where is the surname Sinha most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sinha in India.
    Is the surname Sinha getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,066 in 2010, up 72%.