The Dillinger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,811 people carried this name — #11,248 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,568 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Dillinger surname
From Dillingen + -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dillinger» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 134 people named Dillinger.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Dillinger live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Dillinger in American newspapers,
1907–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,448 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dillinger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karl Dillinger 1882–1941 · painter -
Harley Dillinger 1894–1959 · baseball player -
Rezső Dillinger 1897–1977 · figure skater -
Petr Dillinger 1899–1954 · teacher -
Georg Adam Dillinger 1746–1804 · writer
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Adolf Hektor Dillinger 1846–1922 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dillinger.
- Diliberto 1,148 · U.S. census
- Dill 18,215 · U.S. census
- Dillard 31,021 · U.S. census
- Dille 2,093 · U.S. census
- Diller 4,306 · U.S. census
- Dillier 118 · U.S. census
- Dillmann 194 · U.S. census
- Dillon 50,465 · U.S. census
- Dilly 668 · U.S. census
- Dimanche 473 · U.S. census
- Dime 111 · U.S. census
- Dimech 152 · U.S. census
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