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The Leininger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,765 people carried this name — #7,021 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is up 16% from 4,107 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Leininger surname

From Leiningen + -er

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Leininger» (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 910 people named Leininger.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 35 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Bas-Rhin 432
Moselle 247
Meurthe-et-Moselle 40
Haut-Rhin 37
Paris 36
Hauts-de-Seine 13
Haute-Saône 13
Aube 11

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

Who carried it

People named Leininger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antoinette Leininger 1849–1929 · actor
  • Raymond Leininger 1911–2003 · mountaineer
  • Madeleine Leininger 1925–2012 · nurse
  • Phillip W. Leininger 1928–
  • Claus Leininger 1931–2005 · theatre director
  • Kurt Leininger 1948– · photographer

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Leininger is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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