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

Insall, 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 Insall surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Insall in America

Insall is the 119508th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Insall surname appeared 145 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 Insall.

We can also compare 2010 data for Insall 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 Insall

The surname INSALL originated in England during the late medieval period. It is believed to have derived from the Old English words "inne" meaning "inside" and "sael" meaning "hall" or "dwelling". The name likely referred to someone who lived within a large manor house or estate.

Records show the earliest known instances of the INSALL name appeared in various medieval rolls and registers from the counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire in northern England. Similar spellings like Insayle, Insale, and Insall were common during this era.

One of the first documented occurrences of the name was Robert de Insall, who was listed in the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield in Yorkshire in 1317. Another early record was that of John Insall, mentioned in the Wills and Inventories of the Archdeaconry of Richmond in 1532.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the INSALL family seemed to have been concentrated primarily in the parish of Poulton-le-Fylde near the town of Blackpool in Lancashire. The nearby village of Insall is likely named after this surname's bearers who once resided there.

Notable individuals with the INSALL surname include Thomas Insall (1675-1741), an English clergyman who served as the Rector of Hambleden in Buckinghamshire. John Insall (1751-1809) was a prominent merchant and landowner from Poulton-le-Fylde. His son, also named John Insall (1789-1861), continued the family business interests.

Other distinguished figures were William Insall (1804-1866), a British railway engineer who worked on several early rail projects, and Alfred Insall (1845-1917), a respected architect from Birmingham responsible for designing many public buildings across the English Midlands region.

While the origins of the INSALL name trace back to medieval times in northern England, various branches of the family later spread to other parts of Britain and abroad over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Insall

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

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

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