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Wiktionary

  1. Singhnoun

    A Gujarati surname that was later adopted by Sikhs

  2. Singhnoun

    used by Sikhs, often but not necessarily a middle name.

  3. Singhnoun

    A surname common among the Rajput clan from Rajasthan, India

  4. Singhnoun

    A surname common among the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in India

  5. Etymology: From सिंह lion

Wikipedia

  1. Singh

    Singh (IPA: ) is a title, middle name, or surname that means "lion" in various South Asian languages. Traditionally used by the Hindu Kshatriya community, it was later mandated in the 18th century by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji for all male Sikhs as well. It has also been adopted by several castes and communities. As a surname or a middle name, it is now found throughout the world across communities and religious groups, becoming more of a title than a surname.

Wikidata

  1. Singh

    Singh /ˈsɪŋ/ is a title, middle name or surname, which originated in India. Derived from the Sanskrit word for lion, it was originally used as a title by the warriors in India. It was later adopted by several castes and communities, including the Sikhs, whose Guru Gobind Singh mandated it for all the baptized males. As a surname or a middle name, it is now found throughout the Indian subcontinent and among the Indian diaspora, cutting across communities and religious groups.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SINGH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Singh is ranked #260 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Singh surname appeared 116,749 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 40 would have the surname Singh.

    82.7% or 96,633 total occurrences were Asian.
    4.8% or 5,616 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    4.4% or 5,230 total occurrences were Black.
    4.2% or 5,009 total occurrences were White.
    2.5% or 2,919 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.1% or 1,343 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Singh in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Singh in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Singh in a Sentence

  1. Jitendra Singh:

    When Jitendra Singh said,' I'm hungry and that's why I'm stealing,' I said OK, Jitendra Singh has some genuine problem. Jitendra Singh's not a thief who's going and stealing stuff and selling it.

  2. Prahalad Singh Patel:

    There is a universal truth Prahalad Singh Patel will have to consider. There is water, roads, health, sanitation : how will Prahalad Singh Patel give all these facilities if the population keeps increasing.

  3. Sabrina Singh:

    The Vice President and Sabrina Singh office are focused on the Biden-Harris Administration's agenda to build an economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down, to making sure racial equity is at the core of everything the Administration does, to combatting the existential threat of climate change, and to continue protecting the American people from the Covid-19 pandemic.

  4. Cindy Nesbit:

    We understood that that Mr. Singh's hair was of the utmost importance to Inmate Singh, and this was a clear violation of Inmate Singh religious liberty rights.

  5. Judge Cordova:

    You will live with those consequences for the rest of your life. I hope that every morning when you wake up, you think about what happened and why youre here, why youre in prison, that is a pain you will have, a pain your family will have, but the pain is a lot greater for the Singh family.

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