The Singer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,828 people carried this name — #1,366 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 25,599 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 979 people named Singer.
100 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 52 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
815 people named Singer live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 457 people named Singer live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
293 people named Singer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 407 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 49 people named Singer live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
87 people named Singer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Singer in American newspapers,
1893–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,350,889 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Singer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ödön Singer d. 1969 · rabbi
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Leopold Singer d. 1879 · rabbi
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James Singer d. 1976 · mathematician
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Abraham Singer d. 1812 · merchant
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Johann Singer d. 1628 · theologian
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Paris Graham Singer d. 1953
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Singer.
- Sinapi 149 · U.S. census
- Sinard 189 · U.S. census
- Sincere 309 · U.S. census
- Sinclair 27,243 · U.S. census
- Sindt 659 · U.S. census
- Sine 2,284 · U.S. census
- Singh 116,749 · U.S. census
- Singla 521 · U.S. census
- Singler 701 · U.S. census
- Sini 106 · U.S. census
- Sinibaldi 399 · U.S. census
- Sinn 2,202 · U.S. census
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