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singh Name Meaning and History

Indian (northern states): originally a Hindu Kshatriya name but now adopted by many different communities, from Sanskrit si?mha ‘lion’, hence ‘hero’ or ‘eminent person’. It is freely added to Rajput and Sikh male personal names and in the U.S. often serves as a Sikh surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The singh name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the singh family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of singh Families in the US in 1920
Number of singh families
 372-741
 125-371		 1-124
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 41 - Messages: 66
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Needham Singh hayeskate1 0
How they got here? Ramona 3
Charan Singh and Harriet Godfrey Melissa_Robards 2
My father Attar Singh bhartley126 0
Spc. Uday Singh, 21, of Lake Forest, Ill., December 2003 jasche 0
Alvin Kerry SINGH, 28, of DC, MD, & Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tabego HaroldHolstein 0
obit: Harpreet Singh 1961-2005 VctrStV4U 0
NeHalsingh mari1942 1
Mavis Singh marilynsouthard1 0
Casum (Tarum) Singh valmcgrath1 1
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