Inch Surname
Approximately 2,992 people bear this surname
Inch Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ince,' (1) a parish eight miles from Chester; (2) a township in the parish of Wigan, Lancashire.
Hugh Ince, Cheshire, 1575: Register of the University of Oxford.
Inch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 865 | 1:419,028 | 36,348 |
| England | 608 | 1:91,642 | 9,853 |
| Canada | 509 | 1:72,388 | 8,234 |
| New Zealand | 326 | 1:13,891 | 2,417 |
| Scotland | 256 | 1:20,913 | 2,415 |
| Australia | 237 | 1:113,906 | 12,650 |
| South Africa | 85 | 1:637,385 | 47,411 |
| Wales | 40 | 1:77,363 | 6,557 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 32 | 1:138,433 | 7,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 615 | 1:39,635 | 5,043 |
| Scotland | 244 | 1:15,341 | 1,691 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 115 | 1:436,684 | 31,761 |
Inch (34) may also be a first name.
Inch Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ince,' (1) a parish eight miles from Chester; (2) a township in the parish of Wigan, Lancashire.
Hugh Ince, Cheshire, 1575: Register of the University of Oxford.
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Inch' or 'of the Inch,' a Scottish surname. Several parishes, &c, so called are in that country. Inch signifies island, or level ground contiguous to a river (Lower's Patronymica Britannica.); compare Inch Island (Taylor's Words and Places, second edit).
1563. Buried — Elyn Ynch, prentice with Mr. Franke: St. Dionis Backchurch.
1665. Married — John Inch and Elizabeth Cannon: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1668. — Thomas Inch and Rebecca Heter: ibid.
There are places of this name in Angus and in Perthshire from which this surname may be derived. John del Inche, burgess of Inverkeithing, rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, 880). John de Inche witnessed a charter by John Ramsay, burgess of Montros in 1430 (REB. II, 34), and William de Inche, 'husband' in the ville de Tullibothy, is in record in 1437 (SCM., V, p. 261). Thomas Insche witnessed an instrument of sasine in the barony of Banff in 1507 (Bamff, p. 45), and Duncan Insche was burgess of Culross, 1652 (Dunblane). George Inch, late burgess of Edinburgh, 1734 (Guildry, p. 147).
(Celtic) Dweller on an Island or Riparian Meadow [Irish and Gaelic inis - slender s=sh] Cp. Innes.
Places in cos. Chester and Lancaster.
Several parishes and places in Scotland. Inch is a topographical expression signifying island. It has been derived from the British ynys, and the Gaelic inis-insula. "The word is said to occur with the same signification in some of the aboriginal languages of North America." Gaz. Scotl. But it sometimes denotes level ground contiguous to a river.
From Inch, name of several parishes and places in Scotland. Inch generally signifies an island, but sometimes level ground contiguous to a river, and is derived from Gael, innis, Irish inis, Corn, ennis, W. ynis, Armor, enes and enesan, an island; from L. insula.
Inch: (Celtic ynys), an island. In Cornwall occurs the surname Enys. Hence also the surname Ince.
The Inces, who derived their name from the Cheshire parish, were mayors of Chester in the 17th century (H.).
Inch Demographics
Average Male Inch Height
175.77 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Inch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Inch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Inch (Hindi: इन्च) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Inch? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 147,887th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,435,677 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Inch reside; 44 percent reside in North America and 44 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Inch is also the 1,775,424th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 34 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 865 people, or 1 in 419,028. In The United States Inch is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 24 percent reside, Michigan, where 16 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Not including The United States it is found in 43 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 17 percent reside.
Inch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Inch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Inch last name rose 752 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 1 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 105 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 667 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Inch Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Inch surname is chiefly Presbyterian (75%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Inch surname are 9.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.52% being registered with the party.
The amount Inch earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 43.98% less than the national average, earning R 133,116 per year; in United States they earn 2.1% more than the national average, earning $44,057 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.38% more than the national average, earning $50,864 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Inch Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Inch in the Hindi language | ||
| इन्च | inca | 66.67 |
| इंच | inca | 33.33 |
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