The Dinger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,414 people carried this name — #9,524 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,189 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 55 people named Dinger.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 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
51 people named Dinger live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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
Dinger in American newspapers,
1901–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 63,382 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dinger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Fritz Dinger 1827–1904 · painter
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Otto Dinger 1860–1928 · illustrator
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Hugo Dinger 1865–1941 · dramaturge
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Malke Dinger 1873–1940
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Johannes Ernst Dinger 1892–1983 · university teacher
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Fritz Dinger 1915–1943 · military personnel
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dinger.
When the index is not enough
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