Inchbald Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Inchbald Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ingebald,' no doubt one of the many compounds of Inge, as in Ingram, Ingold, &c.; compare Archibald, Baldwin.

Willelmus Ingebald, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Emma Inchebald, 1379: ibid.

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Inchbald Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:1,211,26256,182
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508

Inchbald Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ingebald,' no doubt one of the many compounds of Inge, as in Ingram, Ingold, &c.; compare Archibald, Baldwin.

Willelmus Ingebald, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Emma Inchebald, 1379: ibid.

Johannes Hynchebala, 1379: ibid.

Thomas Hinchebald, 1379: ibid.

Inchboard is a curious corruption (imitative like most corruptions) found in the Manchester Directory, 1887.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

INGEBALD: Hugh, son of Ingebald, witnessed the resignation of land in Weremundebi and Anant to William de Bros and his heirs c. 1194—1214 (Bain, I, 606; Annandale, I, p. 1), and one Ingebald held land in Kelso, c. 1200 (Kelso, 354).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Teutonic) late (palatalized) forms of the Old Teutonic Ingebald [v. Ing, and + the phon. insertion -e- + bald, bold] Both Ingebald and Inchebald occur in the 14th cent. Yorks Poll-Tax.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local; from inch, island, and told, a dwelling: "the island home."

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Inchbald Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Inchbald Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Inchbald is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Inchbald? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Inchbald is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Inchbald reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Inchbald is most common in England, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 1,211,262. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Bedfordshire, where 41 percent live, Somerset, where 22 percent live and Greater London, where 20 percent live. Beside England this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 2 percent live and Spain, where 2 percent live.

Inchbald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Inchbald has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Inchbald surname increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Inchbold8826/
Anchibald820/
Enkhbal671/
Enkhbold638,547/
Hinsbale632/
Hinsball630/
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