Ingenfeld Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ingenfeld Surname User-submission:

The surname Ingenfeld comes from ingen, which means 'from', 'in', or 'into', and feld, meaning 'field'. It implies the connection of the name with rural areas, therefore original Ingenfeld families were likely to work on the countryside and specifically on fields.

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Ingenfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1741:462,67540,671
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Ingenfeld Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Ingenfeld comes from ingen, which means 'from', 'in', or 'into', and feld, meaning 'field'. It implies the connection of the name with rural areas, therefore original Ingenfeld families were likely to work on the countryside and specifically on fields.

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Ingenfeld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ingenfeld occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ingenfeld? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,218,745th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Ingenfeld live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 462,675. In Germany Ingenfeld is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 84 percent are found, Berlin, where 6 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 4 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Ingenfeld Last Name Statistics demography

Ingenfeld earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 26.94% less than the national average, earning $36,297 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Igenfeld9414/
Eigenfeld89190/
Oigenfeld891/
Higenfeld890/
Eigenfeldt8443/
Heigenfeld8412/
Eigenfield842/
Eigenfelds841/
Egenfeldt7826/
Eigenfeldová769/
Heinsenfeldt761/
Egenfelt714/
Eginfeld710/
Egnfeldt710/

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