Ingham
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Old English personal name Inga, which is related to Ing, + hām (“homestead”). Some authorities believe that the first element could also be from Ingaevones, a Germanic tribe.
Proper noun
[edit]Ingham (countable and uncountable, plural Inghams)
- A placename:
- A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9483). [1]
- A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG3926). [2]
- A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL8570). [3]
- A ghost town in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States.
- A ghost town in Vinton County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ingham is the 9338th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3487 individuals. Ingham is most common among White (92.57%) individuals.
References
[edit]- Mills, David (2011): A Dictionary of British Place-Names
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ingham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 229.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Norfolk, England
- en:Places in Norfolk, England
- en:Villages in Suffolk, England
- en:Places in Suffolk, England
- en:Ghost towns in Nebraska, USA
- en:Places in Nebraska, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Ghost towns in Ohio, USA
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English