Singah Surname
Approximately 824 people bear this surname
Singah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 415 | 1:1,848,350 | 65,079 |
| Pakistan | 122 | 1:1,464,294 | 16,074 |
| Malaysia | 96 | 1:307,232 | 16,754 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Philippines | 56 | 1:1,807,825 | 113,961 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Singah (226) may also be a first name.
Singah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Singah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Singah (Bengali: সিংহ, Hindi: सिंह, Marathi: िंसगह) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Singah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Singah is the 420,906th most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 8,844,109 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Singah live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 598,137th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 226 people.
This surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 415 people, or 1 in 1,848,350. In India Singah is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 45 percent reside, Assam, where 34 percent reside and Bihar, where 5 percent reside. Excluding India it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 15 percent reside and Malaysia, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Singah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Singah in the Bengali language | ||
| সিংহ | sinha | - |
| Singah in the Marathi language | ||
| िंसगह | insagaha | 71.43 |
| िंसह | insaha | 28.57 |
| Singah in the Hindi language | ||
| सिंह | sinha | 42.86 |
| सिण्ग़ः | singah | 14.29 |
| सिंगह | singaha | 14.29 |
| सीण्ग़ः | singah | 14.29 |
| सीण्ग़ह | singaha | 7.14 |
| सिन्ह | sinha | 7.14 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Singah
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