Henninger surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Henninger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,262 people carried this name — #7,784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,400 people counted. That is up 10% from 3,865 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 349 people named Henninger.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Bas-Rhin 154
Haut-Rhin 96
Doubs 20
Meurthe-et-Moselle 16
Paris 11
Alpes-Maritimes 4
Somme 4
Nord 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

146 people named Henninger live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

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

Where they live today

Fribourg 79
Vaud 19
Bern 17
Aargau 9
Neuchâtel 8
Geneva 7
Zurich 4
Solothurn 3

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

Henninger in American newspapers,
1885–1903.

Newspaper page from The New North-west carrying the name Henninger
The New North-west 1885-12-25
Newspaper page from The Kalispell Bee carrying the name Henninger
The Kalispell Bee 1901-06-08
Newspaper page from Bismarck Daily Tribune carrying the name Henninger
Bismarck Daily Tribune 1903-08-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,536 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Henninger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Conrad Henninger 1697–1763 · teacher
  • Aloys Henninger 1814–1862 · writer
  • Joseph Burns Henninger 1847–1943 · writer
  • Arthur Henninger 1850–1884 · chemist
  • Hans Henninger 1905–1937 · actor
  • Joseph Henninger 1906–1991 · Catholic priest

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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