The Persinger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,131 people carried this name — #6,604 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,761 in 2000.

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In print

Persinger in American newspapers,
1899.

Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Persinger
Daily Inter Mountain 1899-08-29
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Persinger
The Anaconda Standard 1899-10-18
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Persinger
The Anaconda Standard 1899-08-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,528 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Persinger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis Persinger
    Louis Persinger 1887–1966 · conductor
  • Friedrich Persinger 1798–1863 · farmer
  • Mildred Persinger 1918–2018 · women's rights activist
  • Michael Persinger 1945–2018 · psychologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Persinger,
in the records of 2 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 States193 records

193 records of the Persinger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 138
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Richard D. Persinger

    Born 1926 in Oregon. Enlisted 1944 at Portland; sales clerk from Lincoln County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Morrison Persinger

    Born 1949; from Alderson, West Virginia. U.S. Army, air observation pilot; died of wounds 1971 in An Xugen, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Louise Persinger

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Underwriter from Liverpool, aged 36; servant.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 193 records for Persinger in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Persinger 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 Georg Persinger

    From Nürnberg, Mittelfr. Reported missing in the Bavarian casualty list of 10 April 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 20).

    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 Karl Persinger

    From Almanshofen, Donaueschingen. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 1 June 1918.

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

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).

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