Singleton is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Singleton
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Singleton

How popular is Singleton?

Singleton is common in United States.

Singleton is ranked 6892 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Singleton bearers increased by 5.452053 per cent in 2010 US census to 54621 since 2000, the surname slipped by 38 spots and ranked at 622. The last name was found in around 185 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 48.62 48.12
White 45.91 48.33
Others 2.48 1.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.2 1.25
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.38 0.27
Singleton is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 78617 people have been found who wears Singleton as their family name. Singleton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
497,106 Indonesia8
6,940 Japan8
95,557 Czech Republic6
13,220 Thailand6
318,252 Ukraine6
10,542 China4
13,901 Trinidad and Tobago3
4,138 Bahrain3
2,720 South Korea3
23,165 Romania3
21,929 Algeria2
1,333 Guam2
23,344 Austria2
1,472 The Bahamas2
10,284 Kuwait2
5,217 Zambia2
120,357 Argentina1
15,162 Costa Rica1
14,618 Guyana1
53,505 Turkey1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
5,467 Haiti1
1,818 Guernsey1
3,350 Fiji1
113 Falkland Islands1
746 Dominica1
10,683 Cyprus1
24,771 Colombia1
2,374 Bermuda1
846 American Samoa1
20,172 Hungary1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
14,373 Jordan1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
24,176 Qatar1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
21,562 Portugal1
9,591 Panama1
3,307 Malta1
2,057 Isle of Man1
1,819 Laos1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
46,461 Netherlands40
37,591 Belgium37
28,564 Switzerland36
469 Jersey33
11,685 Singapore24
46,826 Zimbabwe22
28,338 Norway20
23,914 Denmark20
353,279 Russia19
886 United States Virgin Islands18
464 Cayman Islands15
514,808 India14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,684 United Arab Emirates99
27,716 Spain94
10,581 Sweden87
3,257 Hong Kong71
Countries with hundreds of Singleton:
12,572 Germany807
1,655 Scotland440
1,784 New Zealand421
1,357 Ireland409
30,822 Philippines387
11,767 Saudi Arabia269
1,521 Wales260
1,576 Northern Ireland167
21,011 Mexico157
1,957 Jamaica125
59,335 Italy112
84,907 France110
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Singleton:
875 England8,507
1,281 Australia2,475
1,325 Afghanistan2,214
3,652 South Africa1,790
2,896 Canada1,656
Countries with ten thousands of Singleton:
621 United States57,473
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Singleton worked as smith and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for USA from Cork on Industry and arrived on November 9, 1848. Catherine Singleton, 50 years old Fanny Singleton, 21 years old John Singleton, Thomas Singleton, aged 19, Workwoman Fanny Singleton, 20 years old John Singleton, 19 years old Peter Singleton, Daniel Singleton (22) Immigrant, and 70 other Singleton around 46.15% of whom were workman while others worked as joiner and farmer, servant migrated to US from Dublin, Liverpool, Belfast and Cork.

Singleton Namesakes

  • Terrence Singleton, Football defensive back
  • John Singleton, Film director
  • Joseph Singleton, Actor
  • Alvin Singleton, Composer
  • Angelica Singleton Van Buren, Former First Lady of the United States
  • Angelica Singleton Van Buren, Former First Lady of the United States
  • Anya Singleton, Musical Artist
  • Roger Singleton-Turner, Television Director
  • Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Actor
  • Otho R. Singleton, U.S. representative
  • In 2017, Laura Singleton characterized the role of Alex in comedy film Or Something Better.
  • In 2011 thriller film, The Last Days of Edgar Harding, Michael Gamarano Singleton characterized Taylor.
  • In 2010, Lori Singleton played the role of Christine Caine in drama movie Sensual.

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