How common is the surname Ingalls?

6,453 people in the United States had the surname Ingalls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,845 Americans. It ranked 5,394th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ingalls?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ingalls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ingalls?

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957), followed by John James Ingalls.

Where is the surname Ingalls most common?

Wikidata records people named Ingalls in the United States.

Is the surname Ingalls getting more or less common?

More common. 6,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,453 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Ingalls

A surname, carried by 6,453 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex I524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ingalls is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

From Ingall + -s.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,453 people named Ingalls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,845 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,264.

#5,394

rank among US surnames

6,453

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #5,141)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,389	August	6,456	47,823
#5,390	Weil	6,455	47,830
#5,393	Deane	6,454	47,838
#5,394	Ingalls	6,453	47,845
#5,396	Blanchette	6,452	47,853

Who is named Ingalls

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Ingalls identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ingallss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Laura Ingalls Wilder
American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957)
John James Ingalls
American politician (1833-1900)
Dan Ingalls
American computer scientist, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ingalls

Ingalls has the Soundex code I524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I524.

Questions

Where does the surname Ingalls come from?: From Ingall + -s.
How common is the surname Ingalls?: 6,453 people in the United States had the surname Ingalls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,845 Americans. It ranked 5,394th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ingalls?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ingalls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ingalls?: Laura Ingalls Wilder, American children's writer, diarist, and journalist (1867-1957), followed by John James Ingalls.
Where is the surname Ingalls most common?: Wikidata records people named Ingalls in the United States.
Is the surname Ingalls getting more or less common?: More common. 6,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,453 in 2010, up 3.0%.