Ingersol Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ingersol Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Inkersall (the monks’ field), in Derbyshire.

Ingersol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2751:1,318,03292,126
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5251:95,6559,761

Ingersol (31) may also be a first name.

Ingersol Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Inkersall (the monks’ field), in Derbyshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From Inkersall; a location name in Derbyshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Ingersol Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ingersol (Russian: Ингерсол) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ingersol? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ingersol is the 917,199th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Ingersol are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Ingersol is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 31 people.

Ingersol is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 1,318,032. In The United States Ingersol is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 18 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and Ohio, where 12 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

Ingersol Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ingersol has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ingersol last name decreased 48 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ingersol Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ingersol last name are 14.21% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.98% being registered to vote for the political party.

Ingersol earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.5% less than the national average, earning $39,913 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ingersol Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ingersol in the Russian language
Ингерсолingersol-

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