Find out how popular the last name Aldinger is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Aldinger.

Aldinger, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Aldinger surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Aldinger in America

Aldinger is the 19966th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Aldinger surname appeared 1,343 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Aldinger.

We can also compare 2010 data for Aldinger to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Aldinger

The surname Aldinger is believed to have originated in Germany. It is thought to be a locative name, derived from the German place name Aldingen, which is a town located in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The name Aldingen itself is believed to have stemmed from the Old High German word "alt," meaning "old," and the suffix "-ingen," which was used to denote a place.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Aldinger surname can be found in the Weingarten Monastic Records, which date back to the late 12th century. These records mention an individual named Henricus de Aldingen, who was likely a resident of the town of Aldingen at that time.

In the 14th century, there are references to a family named Aldinger in the town of Nagold, which is also located in Baden-Württemberg. This suggests that the surname had spread beyond its original location by this point.

In the 16th century, a notable figure bearing the Aldinger surname was Johannes Aldinger, a German theologian and Protestant reformer born in 1518. He was a follower of Martin Luther and played a role in the Reformation movement in Germany.

Another individual of note was Johann Baptist Aldinger, a German sculptor born in 1736. He was known for his work on various churches and buildings in and around the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, where he lived and worked.

In the 19th century, a prominent Aldinger was Theodor Aldinger, a German jurist and politician born in 1816. He served as a member of the Württemberg Landtag (state parliament) and was involved in the movement for German unification.

Other notable individuals with the Aldinger surname include the German artist Hans Aldinger (1896-1957) and the American baseball player Steve Aldinger (1946-2017), who played for several Major League Baseball teams in the 1970s.

While the Aldinger name originated in Germany, it has since spread to other countries through emigration, particularly to areas with significant German populations, such as the United States and Canada.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Aldinger

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Aldinger.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Aldinger was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Aldinger has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Aldinger was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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