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The Lindauer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,692 people carried this name — #16,860 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,657 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Lindauer surname

From Lindau + -er.

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

322 people named Lindauer live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Schwyz.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Schwyz 142
Zurich 90
Lucerne 23
St. Gallen 16
Aargau 15
Zug 10
Uri 8
Thurgau 7

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Lindauer.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Moselle 35
Paris 8
Seine-Saint-Denis 6
Haut-Rhin 5
Bas-Rhin 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Yvelines 1

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

In print

Lindauer in American newspapers,
1913.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Lindauer
Evening Star 1913-05-04
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Lindauer
Evening Star 1913-05-04
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Lindauer
Evening Star 1913-05-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,171 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lindauer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Jacob Lindauer I
    Johann Jacob Lindauer I 1725–1812
  • Johann Jacob Lindauer I
    Johann Jacob Lindauer I 1725–1812
  • Joseph Andreas Lindauer
    Joseph Andreas Lindauer 1784–1850 · Catholic priest
  • Georg Zacharias Lindauer 1645– · Lutheran pastor
  • Johann Martin Lindauer 1700–1781
  • Johann Martin Lindauer 1700–1781

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Lindauer 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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