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Ingham Family History

Ingham Surname Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from any of the places called Ingham particularly in Lincolnshire Norfolk and Suffolk. The placename is from the Old English personal name Inga + hām ‘homestead’. In Yorkshire this name was sometimes confused with Bingham in the 18th century.

English (of Norman origin): variant of the obsolete Norman surname Engaine; see Gain.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Where is the Ingham family from?

You can see how Ingham families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Ingham family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Ingham families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 3,658 Ingham families living in Lancashire. This was about 46% of all the recorded Ingham's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Ingham families in 1891.
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What did your Ingham ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, General Labourer and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Ingham. 8% of Ingham men worked as a General Labourer and 65% of Ingham women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Ingham were Railway Clerk and Private Means.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • General Labourer
    8%
  • Cotton Weaver
    6%
  • Incapacitated
    3%
  • Railway Clerk
    3%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    65%
  • Cotton Weaver
    5%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    2%
  • Private Means
    2%

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Census Records

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Passenger Lists

There are 25,000 immigration records available for the last name Ingham. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 11,000 military records available for the last name Ingham. For the veterans among your Ingham ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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