The Ingraham surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,248 people carried this name — #5,566 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,256).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ingraham surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Ingram’.

An early record he cites: William Engram, Somerset, 1327–28 (1 Edward III) — Kirby's Quest (Somerset).

His entry covers Ingram and Ingraham.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 417 · public domain.

In print

Ingraham in American newspapers,
1898–1921.

Newspaper page from The Northern Wyoming Herald carrying the name Ingraham
The Northern Wyoming Herald 1921-09-14
Newspaper page from Vermont Phœnix carrying the name Ingraham
Vermont Phœnix 1907-09-20
Newspaper page from The Seattle Post-intelligencer carrying the name Ingraham
The Seattle Post-intelligencer 1898-06-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Ingraham in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

625 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ingraham. The most, 178, date from the 1920s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 225
Western Australia 170
South Australia 118
New South Wales 71
Queensland 29
ACT (Canberra) 6
Tasmania 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ingraham.

Who carried it

People named Ingraham,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Ingraham
    Joseph Ingraham 1762–1800 · military officer
  • Edward D. Ingraham
    Edward D. Ingraham 1793–1854 · lawyer
  • Daniel Phoenix Ingraham
    Daniel Phoenix Ingraham 1800–1881 · judge
  • Nathaniel G. Ingraham Jr. d. 1824 · diplomat
  • Ellen Maria Ingraham d. 1855
  • David Ingraham 1747–1835

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ingraham,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States830 records

830 records of the Ingraham name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 238
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 167
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 165
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 121
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 107
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 24
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fremont Ingraham

    Born 1911 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; laundry worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ellen Ingraham

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Geo. Washington from Liverpool, aged 22; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John D. Ingraham

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1946, died 1988; buried at San Francisco National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 830 records for Ingraham in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada380 records

380 records of the Ingraham name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 362
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jean L. Ingraham

    Buried in 1985 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 85.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ruth Jean Ingraham

    Died 1929 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Walter Crowe Ingraham

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 380 records for Ingraham in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Ingraham name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 9
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Allen Ingraham

    Arrived in Victoria in 1877 aboard the Colorado, aged 2.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record William Ingraham

    Left Hobart in 1826 aboard the Earl of Liverpool, bound for Port Jackson, as cook.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Denis Ingraham

    Died 1995; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Ingraham in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Ingraham name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record R. E. Ingraham

    Lieutenant. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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