The Flickinger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,097 people carried this name — #8,093 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,107).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 43 people named Flickinger.

Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Haut-Rhin 17
Paris 8
Puy-de-Dôme 7
Bas-Rhin 7
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Ariège 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Flickinger in American newspapers,
1903–1909.

Newspaper page from St. Landry Clarion carrying the name Flickinger
St. Landry Clarion 1903-05-30
Newspaper page from The Havre Herald carrying the name Flickinger
The Havre Herald 1906-08-03
Newspaper page from The Daily Gazette-times carrying the name Flickinger
The Daily Gazette-times 1909-12-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,323 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Flickinger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Don Flickinger
    Don Flickinger 1907–1997 · physician
  • Jacob Flickinger d. 2024 · humanitarian
  • Jacob Flickinger d. 2024 · humanitarian
  • Roy C. Flickinger 1876–1942 · university teacher
  • Alice Flickinger 1882–1960 · botanical collector
  • Minnie Keys Flickinger 1907– · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Flickinger,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States324 records

324 records of the Flickinger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 196
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 49
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 30
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John K. Flickinger

    Born 1919 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Oklahoma City; secondary school teacher. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Mountian View Cemetery, Mountain View, Oklahoma.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Herbert Flickinger

    Born 1945; from Burbank, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jacob Flickinger

    Arrived at New York in 1888 aboard the Elbe from Bremen and Southampton, aged 24; farmer. From Godraustein, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 324 records for Flickinger in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany52 records

52 records of the Flickinger name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 51
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list August Hermann Flickinger

    From Mittelbach. Reported wounded in the Bavarian casualty list of 26 September 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 22).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Maria Anna Flickinger

    Left Offenburg for Strasbourg in 1841.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Peter Flickinger

    From Neumühle, Kreis Homburg. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 3 October 1914 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 60).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 52 records for Flickinger in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

France26 records

26 records of the Flickinger name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alphonse Flickinger

    Born 1902 in Mackenheim (Bas-Rhin); died 1984 in Colmar (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Emilie Madeleine Flickinger

    Born 1913 in Pfastatt; died 1999 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Andre Jean Charles Flickinger

    Born 1939 in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle); died 1992 in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Flickinger in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Flickinger name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Otto Flickinger

    Died 1961; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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