The Kissinger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,455 people carried this name — #5,390 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,700 people counted. That is up 22% from 5,292 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kissinger surname

From Kissingen + -er.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kissinger» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

26 families named Kissinger, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 140 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 19
Maryland 4
Virginia 3

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 248 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Kissinger in American newspapers,
1903–1915.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Tribune And The Cape County Herald carrying the name Kissinger
The Weekly Tribune And The Cape County Herald 1915-02-26
Newspaper page from The Paducah Sun carrying the name Kissinger
The Paducah Sun 1903-01-13
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Kissinger
The Birmingham Age-herald 1912-05-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 208 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kissinger in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1990s.

203 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kissinger. The most, 128, date from the 1970s.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 110
New South Wales 29
Victoria 22
Queensland 5
South Australia 3
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kissinger.

Who carried it

People named Kissinger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jeanette Scharlach 1855–1942
  • Bill Kissinger 1871–1929 · baseball player
  • Cäcilie Rosenbaum 1873–1943
  • Emma Kissinger 1875–1940
  • Siegfried Kissinger 1876–1940
  • Malchen Kissinger 1881–1940

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kissinger,
in the records of 6 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 States439 records

439 records of the Kissinger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 187
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 92
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 45
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 31
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 25
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Noah B. Kissinger

    Born 1909 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Kalamazoo, Michigan; barber from Ingham County, Michigan. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Deepdale Memorial Park, Lansing, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elisabeth Kissinger

    Arrived at New York in 1855 aboard the Zurich from Havre, aged 21; farmer. From Hesse Nassau, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold James Kissinger

    Born 1947; from Pottsville, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, combat engineer; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 439 records for Kissinger in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany59 records

59 records of the Kissinger name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Otto Kissinger

    From Selzen, Oppenheim. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 8 May 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 87).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Kissinger

    From Selzen, Oppenheim. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 15 August 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 118).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Eduard Kissinger

    From Selzen, Oppenheim. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 24 May 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 59 records for Kissinger in Germany.

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

Canada4 records

4 records of the Kissinger name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jacob Kissinger

    Came to Ontario in 1874 aboard the Manitoban, landing at Quebec, bound for Hamburg, Ontario; German.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Bernard Ludwig Kissinger

    Buried in 1981 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 51.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Anton Kissinger

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Kissinger in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Kissinger name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Conrard Kissinger

    Married in 1799 in Venlo; "wolspinner".

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Kissinger in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Kissinger name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johanne Kissinger

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Earl of Sefton, aged 36.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Kissinger in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Kissinger 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 Jean Pierre Kissinger

    Born 1904 in Stiring-Wendel; died 1974 in Bouzonville (Moselle).

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

    Born 1900 in Stiring-Wendel (Moselle); died 1984 in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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