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The INGRAHAM surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 6,256 5147 0.002 23
United States (1880 census) 3,401 1797 0.007 68
Change since 1880 +2855 -3350 -0.005 -45
Other Countries
Australia 16 62910 0 1
United Kingdom 5 32868 0 0
Top States for INGRAHAM by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 745 2603 0.004 39
California 588 4983 0.002 17
Florida 552 3800 0.003 35
Michigan 341 3588 0.003 34
Washington 254 2996 0.004 43
Top States for INGRAHAM by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 241 1077 0.019 189
Montana 112 967 0.012 124
Vermont 40 2598 0.007 66
Connecticut 203 2237 0.006 60
Colorado 202 2810 0.005 47

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called INGRAHAM live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called INGRAHAM represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called INGRAHAM in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a INGRAHAM by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of INGRAHAM

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the INGRAHAM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the INGRAHAM surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of INGRAHAM in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 700 11.19
White (Hispanic) 95 1.52
Mixed Race 57 0.91
Native American/Alaskan 44 0.7
Asian/Pacific 28 0.45
White (Caucasian) 5,332 85.23

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the INGRAHAM surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of INGRAHAM in historical publications


(German.) Camden derives this name from Engelramus, from Engel, Saxon, angel, and rein, purity. Pure as an angel.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to INGRAHAM

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as INGRAHAM.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for INGRAHAM

The following words are slight variants of INGRAHAM that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.