Inglesant Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Inglesant Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Inglesant,' probably one of the many personal names compounded of Ing and Ingle; compare Johanna Ketelsang (1379, Poll Tax of Yorks), an obvious compound of Kettle, which see.

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Inglesant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1301:428,60028,863
France61:11,070,454349,096
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098

Inglesant Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Inglesant,' probably one of the many personal names compounded of Ing and Ingle; compare Johanna Ketelsang (1379, Poll Tax of Yorks), an obvious compound of Kettle, which see.

Johannes Inglesant, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus Ingelsant, 1379: ibid.

Dom. Stephen Yngelsant, 1518:: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

Mr. J. Paul Rylands writes to me: 'In the Poll Book for the election of a Knight of the Shire for Leicestershire, January, 1775, the names of John Inglesant and Samuel Inglesant, of Stleoy, occur as freeholders.'

The following entry suggests a local origin. I met with it after writing the above:

John de Englsayn, Cambridgeshire 1273. Hundred Rolls.

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

(Teutonic) the Old Teutonic Ingilsand, Engilsand, found in 14th cent. English (Yorks) records as Ingelsant, Inglesant [v. under Ingle3,4,5 and + Old Teutonic sand, messenger]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Inglesant Last Name Facts

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

Inglesant is most common in England. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Inglesant? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,497,948th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The surname Inglesant occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Inglesant live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Inglesant is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 428,600. In England it is most numerous in: Leicestershire, where 37 percent live, Durham, where 18 percent live and Warwickshire, where 12 percent live. Excluding England it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent live and Wales, where 1 percent live.

Inglesant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Inglesant has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 333 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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