The Pinter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,669 people carried this name — #8,920 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 12% from 3,281 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pinter surname
From Hungarian Pintér, from pintér (“cooper”), from Bavarian binder and German Binder.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary — entry «Pinter» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
178 people named Pinter live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 152 people named Pinter 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 Formosa.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Pinter.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.
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 print
Pinter in American newspapers,
1891–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Pinter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nikolaj Pinter 1883–1959 · lawyer -
Nikolaj Pinter 1883–1959 · lawyer
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Harold Pinter 1930–2008 · screenwriter -
Robert Pinter 1863–1912 · writer
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Franz Pinter 1894–1940
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Alice Pinter 1900–1940
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pinter.
- Pinon 6,938 · U.S. census
- Pinos 596 · U.S. census
- Pinotti 209 · U.S. census
- Pinson 7,362 · U.S. census
- Pinta 291 · U.S. census
- Pintado 1,273 · U.S. census
- Pinto 21,366 · U.S. census
- Pintor 1,907 · U.S. census
- Pio 1,252 · U.S. census
- Pioch 239 · U.S. census
- Pioche 141 · U.S. census
- Pioli 321 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pinter is.
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