The Singh surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 116,749 people carried this name — #260 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,530 people counted. That is up 61% from 72,642 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Singh surname
From Hindi सिंघ (siṅgh, “lion”) or Punjabi ਸਿੰਘ (siṅgh, “lion”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Singh» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 5,030 people named Singh 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 Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,677 people named Singh 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 Salta.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
2,111 people named Singh live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 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 Poland’s population register
945 people named Singh have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,779 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 461 people named Singh.
Most of them — 430 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
5,656 people named Singh are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Singh in American newspapers,
1844–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,419 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Singh,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kunwar Singh 1777–1858 · revolutionary -
Ranbir Singh I of Kashmir 1830–1885 · monarch -
Pratap Singh I of Kashmir 1848–1925 · monarch -
Baba Gurdit Singh 1860–1954 · revolutionary -
Bhagvat Singh 1865–1944 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 154 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Singh.
- 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
- Singer 25,828 · 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
- Sinopoli 827 · U.S. census
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