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 last name Singah (Bengali: সিংহ, Hindi: सिंह, Marathi: िंसगह) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Singah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Singah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 420,906th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,844,109 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Singah reside; 65 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 598,137th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 226 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is held 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. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also found 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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