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Early Origins of the Imbert family

The surname Imbert was first found in Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Imbert family

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Imbert Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Imbaud, Imbert, Imbault, Imbeau, Imbo, Imbow, Imboe, Imbauld, Imbard, Imbart, Imberton, Imbelot and many more.

Early Notables of the Imbert family

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Imbert Ranking

In France, the name Imbert is the 325th most popular surname with an estimated 12,253 people with that name. 1


United States Imbert migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Imbert Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Andrew Imbert, who landed in Maryland in 1666-1750 2
  • Andrew Imbert, who sailed to Maryland in 1694
Imbert Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jean Imbert, who landed in Jamestown, Va in 1700 2
  • John Imbert, who landed in Virginia in 1708 2
  • Suzanne Imbert, who arrived in Virginia in 1714 2
  • Jeanne Imbert, who arrived in Virginia in 1714 2
Imbert Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Charles Imbert migrated to Texas in 1890

Canada Imbert migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Imbert Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Simon Imbert, who was born in Ontario in 1608

Contemporary Notables of the name Imbert (post 1700) +

  • Peter Michael Imbert CVO QPM (1933-2017), Baron Imbert, English Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service from 1987 to 1993, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London until 2008
  • Sulpice Imbert de La Platière, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
  • Enrique Anderson- Imbert (1910-2000), Argentine novelist, short-story writer and literary critic
  • Françoise Imbert (b. 1947), French politician, member of the National Assembly of France
  • Georges Christian Peter Imbert (1884-1950), French inventor of the wood gas generator for the automobile in 1920
  • Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (1796-1839), French saint
  • Colm Peter Imbert (b. 1957), politician from Trinidad and Tobago
  • Patrick Louis Imbert, professor of French Literature at the University of Ottawa since 1984
  • Antonio Imbert Barrera (1920-1965), Dominican Republic President (1965)


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 13) Sulpice Imbert. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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