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    The surname Ingber

    A German occupational surname, carried by 635 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex I521

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ingber is more common than 78.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Ingber (literally “ginger”), an Ashkenazi occupational surname for a dealer in spices.

    Ingber is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 635 people named Ingber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 636.

    #35,447
    rank among US surnames
    635
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #33,782)

    Who is named Ingber

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

    96% of people named Ingber identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ingber come from?
    Borrowed from German Ingber (literally “ginger”), an Ashkenazi occupational surname for a dealer in spices.
    How common is the surname Ingber?
    635 people in the United States had the surname Ingber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. It ranked 35,447th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ingber?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ingber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Ingber?
    Ingber is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Ingber getting more or less common?
    Less common. 636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 635 in 2010, down 0.2%.