The Lindner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,428 people carried this name — #4,765 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,700 people counted. That is up 7% from 6,956 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Lindner surname
A male surname from German.
Borrowed from German Lindner.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lindner» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
909 people named Lindner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,216 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 620 people named Lindner live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
400 people named Lindner live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 178 people named Lindner.
59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
291 people named Lindner is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Lindner in American newspapers,
1895–1947.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,838 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lindner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Lindner 1779–1864 · theologian -
Gustav Adolf Lindner 1828–1887 · teacher -
Albert Lindner 1831–1888 · writer -
Ferdinand Lindner 1842–1906 · author -
Theodor Lindner 1843–1919 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 173 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lindner.
- Lind 14,990 · U.S. census
- Lindauer 1,692 · U.S. census
- Linde 2,826 · U.S. census
- Lindemann 4,438 · U.S. census
- Linden 6,276 · U.S. census
- Linder 13,830 · U.S. census
- Lindor 780 · U.S. census
- Line 3,231 · U.S. census
- Linet 101 · U.S. census
- Ling 9,127 · U.S. census
- Linge 330 · U.S. census
- Linger 1,962 · U.S. census
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