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There are approximately 974 people named Inch in the UK. That makes it the 7,293rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 15 are named Inch.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Inch surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

INCH. Several parishes and places in Scotland. Inch is a topographical expression signifying island. It has been derived from the British ynys, and the Gaelic inis — insula. "The word is said to occur with the same signification in some of the aboriginal languages of North America." Gaz. Scot!. But it sometimes denotes level ground contiguous to a river.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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