How common is the surname Ingraham?

6,248 people in the United States had the surname Ingraham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,415 Americans. It ranked 5,566th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ingraham?

Laura Ingraham, American radio and television host (born 1963), followed by Lloyd Ingraham.

Where is the surname Ingraham most common?

Wikidata records people named Ingraham in the United States and The Bahamas.

Is the surname Ingraham getting more or less common?

Less common. 6,256 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,248 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Ingraham

A surname, carried by 6,248 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex I526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ingraham 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 6,248 people named Ingraham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,415 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,256.

#5,566

rank among US surnames

6,248

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,147)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,561	Dew	6,252	49,383
#5,562	Duffey	6,251	49,391
#5,563	Browder	6,249	49,407
#5,566	Ingraham	6,248	49,415
#5,567	Bumgarner	6,246	49,431

Who is named Ingraham

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

83% of people named Ingraham identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ingrahams

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Laura Ingraham
American radio and television host (born 1963)
Lloyd Ingraham
Actor, film director (1874–1956)
Joseph Ingraham
American explorer, 1762–1800
Ryan Ingraham
Bahamian high jumper, born 1993
Diesel Washington
American pornographic actor, born 1976

Notable Ingrahams come mostly from the United States (4) and The Bahamas (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ingraham

Ingraham 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 Ingraham?: 6,248 people in the United States had the surname Ingraham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,415 Americans. It ranked 5,566th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ingraham?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Ingraham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Ingraham?: Laura Ingraham, American radio and television host (born 1963), followed by Lloyd Ingraham.
Where is the surname Ingraham most common?: Wikidata records people named Ingraham in the United States and The Bahamas.
Is the surname Ingraham getting more or less common?: Less common. 6,256 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,248 in 2010, down 0.1%.