Ingersoll Surname

53,501st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,543 people bear this surname

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

Ingersoll Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ingersaul,' i.e. the saule or sale of Inger; v. Inger and Sale or Saul (2). Similarly we find in the London Directory Plimsoll and Plimsaul, where the same suffix occurs. Where the spot is I cannot say.

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Ingersoll Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,0731:39,9494,915
Canada3791:97,21810,570
Australia331:818,05251,601
England131:4,286,005132,302
India101:76,706,538639,611
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2651:22,1722,786

Ingersoll (59) may also be a first name.

Ingersoll Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ingersaul,' i.e. the saule or sale of Inger; v. Inger and Sale or Saul (2). Similarly we find in the London Directory Plimsoll and Plimsaul, where the same suffix occurs. Where the spot is I cannot say. Sale, a hall (the Frenchsalle), is commonly found in the 12th, 13th, and 14th century registers. With the sharpened form Inkersoll, compare Inkerfield for Ingerfield (q.v).

John Inkersall, Sussex, 1607: ibid.

1536-7. Richard Joland and Agnes Inkersall: Marriage Lic. (London).

1588-9. Thomas Inkersall and Johanna Lockey: Marriage Lic (London).

1661. Married — Henry Ingersoll and Mary Worrell: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1675-6. John Chittwelland Mary Ingersom le: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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

(Scandinavian) belonging to Ingers(h)all or Inkers(h)all (Notts) = Ingar’s Hall [v.

Ingar1, and + Old Norse höll, hall, hall]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

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

(English), Inger's hall or palace. I have never met with the name Inger by itself: but that there is such a Saxon name is evident; for, besides this and the preceding surname, there are in Germany places called Ingersheim and Ingersdorf, and, in Yorkshire, an Ingerthorp.

In 1433, Rob. Hynkersell, gent., was living in co. York. The first who emigrated to this country was Richard Inker- sall, or Ingersoll, who came from Bedfordshire, and settled in Salem in 1629.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Ingersoll Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ingersoll is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ingersoll.

How Common Is The Last Name Ingersoll? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 53,501st most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 763,654 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Ingersoll are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequently occurring given name on earth, borne by 59 people.

The last name Ingersoll is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 9,073 people, or 1 in 39,949. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 11 percent are found, Michigan, where 9 percent are found and New York, where 8 percent are found. Apart from The United States Ingersoll is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.

Ingersoll Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ingersoll has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ingersoll surname increased 401 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ingersoll Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ingersoll surname are 13.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.09% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ingersoll earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.02% more than the national average, earning $44,454 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.59% less than the national average, earning $47,898 CAD per year.

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