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

Ingels, 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 Ingels surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Ingels in America

Ingels is the 33121st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Ingels surname appeared 691 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 Ingels.

We can also compare 2010 data for Ingels 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 Ingels

The surname INGELS has its origins in the Low Countries, which includes present-day Belgium and the Netherlands, dating back to the 13th century. It is derived from the medieval Dutch word "engel," meaning "angel," which suggests that the earliest bearers of this name may have been individuals of exceptional virtue or those who worked in religious occupations.

The earliest recorded instance of the INGELS surname can be found in the Dutch city of Ghent, where a certain Willem Ingels was mentioned in a municipal record from 1284. It is likely that the name was initially adopted as a descriptive nickname, referring to someone who was perceived as having angelic qualities or a particularly pleasant demeanor.

In the 14th century, the INGELS surname appears in various administrative documents from the Duchy of Brabant, which encompassed parts of modern-day Belgium and the Netherlands. One notable example is Joannes Ingels, a merchant from Antwerp who was granted trade privileges in 1367.

By the 15th century, variations of the INGELS surname had spread to other parts of the Low Countries and neighboring regions. In the Domesday Book, a census commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086, there are entries for individuals with the surname Engel in several English counties, suggesting that some bearers of the name had migrated to England.

Throughout the centuries, the INGELS surname has been associated with several notable individuals. One of the earliest was Gillis Ingels (c. 1425-1495), a Flemish painter and illuminator known for his work in the Ghent-Bruges school of manuscript illumination. Another prominent figure was Hendrick Ingels (1552-1629), a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver renowned for his landscape and seascape paintings.

In the 19th century, Mathieu Ingels (1824-1888) was a Belgian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Justice in the government of Belgium. Around the same time, Pierre Ingels (1819-1886) was a French architect and urban planner who contributed to the design of several public buildings and parks in Paris.

More recently, Jean-Luc Ingels (born 1938) is a Belgian former professional road cyclist who won multiple stages of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España in the 1960s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Ingels

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

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

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