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There are approximately 9,022 people named Inglis in the UK. That makes it the 1,169th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 143 are named Inglis.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Inglis surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

INGLIS. The old Scottish form of ' English,' formerly api:)lied to the descendants of Englislmaeu settled in Scotland, especially of prisoners taken by Malcolm III. from the northern counties in 1070. For years after that date, we are told, English servants or slaves were to be found in every village, and almost in every house. Singularly enough, the baronet familj'', though of Scottish origin, deduce from William Inglis, who had, in 1395, a grant of lands and this surname from Robert III., for killing an Englishman on the borders — Anglus ah Anylum occidciido ; truly as odd an origin as surname ever had !

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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