Explore the Family Name Inlow

The meaning of Inlow

English: perhaps a variant of Enslow. Compare Enloe.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Inlow had a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 22,555 in popularity, but by 2010 it had dropped to 23,604, reflecting a change of -4.65%. Despite this drop in rank, the count of individuals with the Inlow surname actually increased from 1,064 in 2000 to 1,075 in 2010, marking a 1.03% increase. However, when considering the proportion per 100,000 people, there was a decrease from 0.39 to 0.36, indicating a -7.69% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,555	#23,604	-4.65%
Count	1,064	1,075	1.03%
Proportion per 100k	0.39	0.36	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Inlow

The Decennial U.S. Census data also offers insights into the ethnic identity associated with the Inlow surname. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White in both 2000 (95.39%) and 2010 (94.33%), although there was a small decrease of -1.11% over the decade. Those identifying as Hispanic showed a significant increase of 36.89%, rising from 1.22% in 2000 to 1.67% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying with two or more ethnicities also increased from 1.69% to 1.86%, marking a 10.06% change. Conversely, the proportion of individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native fell by 15.15%, from 1.32% to 1.12%. There were no individuals with the Inlow surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.39%	94.33%	-1.11%
Two or More Races	1.69%	1.86%	10.06%
Hispanic	1.22%	1.67%	36.89%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.32%	1.12%	-15.15%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%