as a Last Name
- 47,436
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Singleton
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from places in Lancashire and Sussex. The former seems from the present-day distribution of the surname to be the major source, and is named from Old English scingel ‘shingle(s)’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the latter gets its name from Old English sengel ‘burnt clearing’ + tūn.
| 608th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Singh, Singer, Singletary, Sing, Singley, Singhal, Singleterry, Singler, Single, Singson
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 47,436
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Singleton per capita
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