Find out how popular the last name Ingber is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Ingber.

Ingber, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Ingber surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ingber in America

Ingber is the 35447th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ingber surname appeared 635 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Ingber.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ingber to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Ingber

The surname Ingber has its origins in the Germanic language and is believed to have originated in Germany. The name is thought to be derived from the Old German word "ing", meaning "meadow" or "field", combined with the suffix "-ber", which is a common surname ending in German names.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Ingber can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Anhaltinus, a collection of historical documents from the German state of Anhalt, dating back to the 13th century. This suggests that the name was already in use in central Germany during the Middle Ages.

In the 16th century, the name appears in various records from the region of Saxony, including church registers and tax rolls. One notable example is Johann Ingber, a merchant from the town of Zwickau, who was born in 1521 and is mentioned in local trade records from the mid-1500s.

The name Ingber can also be traced to several small villages and towns in Germany, such as Ingbertshausen in Lower Saxony and Ingbertshofen in Bavaria. These place names likely originated from early settlers with the surname Ingber, indicating that the name was well-established in different parts of Germany by the late medieval period.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, many Germans emigrated to other parts of Europe and the Americas, carrying their surnames with them. One notable bearer of the name Ingber was Karl Ingber, a German-American artist and lithographer who was born in Bavaria in 1825 and emigrated to the United States in the mid-19th century.

Another individual of note was Friedrich Ingber, a German mathematician and astronomer who lived from 1782 to 1855. He is known for his contributions to the field of celestial mechanics and was a professor at the University of Berlin.

In the 20th century, the name Ingber gained some prominence in the field of physics with the work of Lester Ingber, an American physicist and computer scientist who developed methods for statistical mechanics and machine learning algorithms. He was born in 1936 and is still active in his field.

While the name Ingber is not among the most common surnames, it has a long and rich history that can be traced back to its Germanic roots in medieval Germany. The name's presence in various historical records and its association with several notable individuals across different fields highlight its enduring legacy over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ingber

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Ingber.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Ingber was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Ingber has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Ingber was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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