Explore the Family Name Ingels
The meaning of Ingels
1. English: variant of Ingalls. 2. Dutch: vowel variant of Engels.
Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.
How common is the last name Ingels in the United States?
Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Ingels experienced a shift in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Ingels was ranked as the 30,120th most popular surname in the United States with a count of 734 bearers. By 2010, it had slipped to the 33,121st rank with an approximate decrease of 9.96%. The overall count of individuals with the Ingels surname also fell by about 5.86%, from 734 in 2000 to 691 in 2010.
| 2000 | 2010 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #30,120 | #33,121 | -9.96% |
| Count | 734 | 691 | -5.86% |
| Proportion per 100k | 0.27 | 0.23 | -14.81% |
Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ingels
According to the ethnic identity information from the Decennial U.S. Census, there were notable changes in the ethnicity of those who carried the Ingels surname from 2000 to 2010. The majority (96.46%) identified as White in 2000, but this figure decreased slightly to 92.62% by 2010. Those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase from 1.36% in 2000 to 3.04% in 2010. Additionally, the group identifying as two or more races more than doubled from 1.36% to 2.75% during the same time frame. Interestingly, 0.72% of individuals with the Ingels surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, even though no one identified as such in 2000. There were no bearers of the Ingels surname that identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.
| 2000 | 2010 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 96.46% | 92.62% | -3.98% |
| Hispanic | 1.36% | 3.04% | 123.53% |
| Two or More Races | 1.36% | 2.75% | 102.21% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.72% | 0% |
| Black | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| American Indian and Alaskan Native | 0% | 0% | 0% |