Sing
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/sɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sing is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English singen, from Old English singan, from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-. Cognate with German singen (“to sing”).
- INIndia1 in 95as Singh(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 2.8Kas Singh
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 5.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sing itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 136 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.1K (inferred from the name graph)
13,918,756 named Singh
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sanga in TZ Tanzania.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishsingen(measured from records)
- Old Englishsingan(measured from records)
- Proto-West Germanic*singwan(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*singwaną(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*sengʷʰ-(measured from records)
From Middle English singen, from Old English singan, from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-. Cognate with German singen (“to sing”). Recorded singing from a person.
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sing counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #277 | 13,918,756as Singh | 1 in 95 | 14M | Sing | 136 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈190,000 est. | ≈1 in 305 | 3 | Sanga | 21 |
| US United States | — | 116,749as Singh | 1 in 2.8K | 164K | Sing | 122 |
| ES Spain | — | 26,813as Singh | 1 in 1.9K | 27K | Sing | 19 |
| GY Guyana | — | 19,357as Singh | 1 in 39 | 19K | — | — |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | — | Sing | 32 |
| NO Norway | — | 4,150as Singh | 1 in 1.3K | 4.2K | — | 7 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 216 | 1 in 24K | 216 | — | — |
13,918,756 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls, counting the spelling singh. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sing is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Lao, n. weight, balance, scale. Q, — Wa n. kilogram weight. 2o y 29 n. type of net, made of ramie, for catching rabbits and birds. EA 3e #9 zool. type of house mouse,
as a wordLao-English Dictionary
In Lao, n. den of a wild animal or serpent. — 28 | aJ n. time, period. the - fl n. happy moment. $^] m. unhappy moment
as a wordLao-English Dictionary
In cdo, Also spoken (tin^g : used asanumerativeofidolsand ancestral tablets: coll./j/>i* sak) siohi 、sing, one idol.
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In Lao, v. spy on, watch, keep under Surveillance; watch out of the corner of the eye, glance at. E `
as a wordLao-English Dictionary
In Hungarian, cubit (a unit of linear measure, no longer in use, originally equal to the length of the forearm)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Linji Yixuanb. 850not in their usual nameChinese Chan Buddhist monk (?–866)
- Billy Singb. 1886AUAustralian soldier in World War I
- Albert Singb. 1917DEGerman footballer (1917–2008)
- Hsing Fengb. 1954TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actor
- Rhonda Singb. 1961CACanadian professional wrestler (1961–2001)
- Xing Huinab. 1984CNnot in their usual nameChinese long distance runner
- Yan Dong Xingb. 1985CNnot in their usual namebicycle racer
- Xing Aiyingb. 1989CNnot in their usual namebadminton player
- Roman XingCNnot in their usual nameChinese actor
- Regula Singmusician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 44 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 643K | #40 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.8K | #10,846 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.6K | #11,960 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.4K | #11,981 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 2.3K | #1,616 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 216 | #957 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 89 | #30,003 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 89 | #29,771 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 40 | #585 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sing mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English singen, from Old English singan, from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-. Cognate with German singen (“to sing”). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
- What are other forms of the name Sing?
- In the etymology graph, Song is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Sing?
- A machine transcription gives /sɪŋ/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Sing have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 14 million people named Singh, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sing?
- In Costa Rica, the national register counted 216 people named Sing, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.
- How common is Sing compared with other names?
- In India, Sing is the 277th most common surname of 1,492,515 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/singThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sing” — the 277th most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.