The Esslinger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,486 people carried this name — #18,561 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,425 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Esslinger surname
From Esslingen + -er.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Esslinger» (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 241 people named Esslinger.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
134 people named Esslinger live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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
Esslinger in American newspapers,
1897–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,008 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Esslinger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Harry Esslinger 1890–1970 · American football player -
David Esslinger 1679–1730
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Johann Georg Esslinger 1710–1775 · printer
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Martin Esslinger 1793–1841 · painter
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Melchior Esslinger 1803–1855 · merchant
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Carl Wilhelm Esslinger 1810–1873 · music publisher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Esslinger.
- Esquer 1,855 · U.S. census
- Esquerre 100 · U.S. census
- Esse 436 · U.S. census
- Essel 238 · U.S. census
- Esser 4,297 · U.S. census
- Essig 2,175 · U.S. census
- Essner 517 · U.S. census
- Esson 503 · U.S. census
- Estay 360 · U.S. census
- Esteban 5,240 · U.S. census
- Estel 488 · U.S. census
- Estela 741 · U.S. census
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