Explore the Family Name Ingmire

The meaning of Ingmire

1. English (Kent and London): habitational name from Inglemire in Kingston upon Hull (East Yorkshire), also sometimes known as Igglemire. The placename is probably from Old Norse igli ‘leech’ + marr ‘marsh’ or Old English mere ‘pool’. This surname is now rare in Britain. 2. Perhaps an Americanized form of German Engemeyer, a topographic name for a tenant farmer who lived in a narrow place, i.e. a deep, narrow valley, from eng ‘narrow’ (see Enge) + Meyer ‘tenant farmer’.

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How common is the last name Ingmire in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Ingmire had a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 51,119 and dropped to 54,178 in 2010, a change of -5.98%. The count of individuals with this surname also marginally decreased from 383 in 2000 to 381 in 2010, a fall of -0.52%. The proportion of the population with this surname per 100,000 people reduced from 0.14 to 0.13 in the same period, a change of -7.14%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,119	#54,178	-5.98%
Count	383	381	-0.52%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ingmire

In terms of ethnicity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of the Ingmire families identified as White in both years, although there was a small decrease from 96.34% in 2000 to 93.18% in 2010. There was a notable increase in those identifying as Hispanic, up from 1.31% in 2000 to 3.67% in 2010. In addition, there were new entries into "Two or more races" at 1.84% and "American Indian and Alaskan Native" at 1.31% in 2010. There was no change in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.34%	93.18%	-3.28%
Hispanic	1.31%	3.67%	180.15%
Two or More Races	0%	1.84%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.31%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%