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

Ingberg, 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 Ingberg surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ingberg in America

Ingberg is the 118185th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ingberg surname appeared 147 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 Ingberg.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ingberg 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 Ingberg

The surname Ingberg is believed to have originated in Sweden during the medieval period. It is a toponymic surname, meaning it was derived from a place name. The root "ing" likely comes from the Old Norse word "ingr," which referred to a meadow or pasture. The suffix "-berg" translates to "mountain" or "hill" in several Germanic languages.

This combination suggests that the name Ingberg originally referred to someone who lived near a meadow or pasture on a hill or mountainous area. Early records show spellings like "Ingebergh" and "Ingbergh" before the modern form became standardized.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in the 1542 census records of Dalarna County in central Sweden. An entry lists a farmstead owned by a man named Olof Ingberg. The name is also found in 16th century church registers from the parishes of Mora and Älvdalen in Dalarna.

In the 17th century, the Ingberg name spread to other parts of Sweden as people migrated. Notable bearers include Brita Ingberg, born in 1622 in Östergötland, and her son Johan Ingberg, a farmer and veteran of the Scanian War who lived from 1648 to 1721.

As the name disseminated, spelling variations like Ingeberg, Ingebäck, and Ingebertsson emerged. Bearers of these names were often from the same family lines as the original Ingbergs.

Other noteworthy individuals with this surname were Carl Ingberg (1782-1861), a Swedish industrialist who owned iron works, and his grandson Otto Ingberg (1849-1920), a lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden in 1905.

Moving into the 20th century, Erik Ingberg (1888-1972) was a Swedish Army officer who achieved the rank of Major General. And more recently, Carl-Gustaf Ingberg (1910-1996) was a respected chemist and professor at Uppsala University.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ingberg

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

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 Ingberg 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 Ingberg 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 Ingberg was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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