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The SINGER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 25,599 1261 0.009 95
United States (1880 census) 4,087 1508 0.008 82
Change since 1880 +21512 +247 +0.001 +13
Other Countries
Australia 371 4282 0.002 23
United Kingdom 2,001 2952 0.004 44
Top States for SINGER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 3,149 467 0.017 166
California 2,600 1175 0.008 77
Florida 2,388 775 0.015 149
Pennsylvania 2,068 552 0.017 168
Ohio 1,365 894 0.012 120
Top States for SINGER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Washington DC 102 572 0.018 178
Pennsylvania 2,068 552 0.017 168
New York 3,149 467 0.017 166
New Jersey 1,346 545 0.016 160
Vermont 92 1094 0.015 151

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called SINGER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called SINGER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called SINGER in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a SINGER by picking someone at random in Washington DC than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of SINGER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the SINGER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the SINGER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of SINGER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Native American/Alaskan 676 2.64
Black/African American 555 2.17
White (Hispanic) 438 1.71
Mixed Race 315 1.23
Asian/Pacific 154 0.6
White (Caucasian) 23,461 91.65

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the SINGER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of SINGER in historical publications

SINGER. Doubtless from vocal skill.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to SINGER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as SINGER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for SINGER

The following words are slight variants of SINGER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.