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    The surname Ingersoll

    A surname, carried by 6,388 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex I526

    Ingersoll: #5,449 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ingersoll #5,449, 6,388 people Ingersoll: #5,449 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ingersoll #5,449, 6,388 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ingersoll is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,388 people named Ingersoll in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,332 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,344.

    #5,449
    rank among US surnames
    6,388
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,073)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,443Quirk6,39248,302
    #5,444McHale6,39148,309
    #5,448Carswell6,39048,317
    #5,449Ingersoll6,38848,332
    #5,450Hartnett6,38748,340

    Who is named Ingersoll

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

    92% of people named Ingersoll identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ingersolls

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Green Ingersoll
      American lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899)
    • Jared Ingersoll
      American judge (1749-1822)
    • Warren Ingersoll
      American field hockey player (1908-1995)
    • Joseph Reed Ingersoll
      American lawyer and politician, 1786–1868
    • Charles Jared Ingersoll
      American politician and writer (1782-1862)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ingersoll

    Ingersoll has the Soundex code I526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I526.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ingersoll?
    6,388 people in the United States had the surname Ingersoll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,332 Americans. It ranked 5,449th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ingersoll?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ingersoll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ingersoll?
    Robert Green Ingersoll, American lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899), followed by Jared Ingersoll.
    Where is the surname Ingersoll most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ingersoll in the United States.
    Is the surname Ingersoll getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,388 in 2010, up 0.7%.