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

Lindner, 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 Lindner surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Lindner in America

Lindner is the 4765th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Lindner surname appeared 7,428 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 people would have the surname Lindner.

We can also compare 2010 data for Lindner 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 Lindner

The surname Lindner originates from Germany and can be traced back to the 13th century. It is derived from the German word "Linden," which means "linden tree" or "lime tree." The name likely referred to someone who lived near a linden tree or a place with an abundance of these trees.

The earliest recorded instances of the name Lindner can be found in medieval German records and documents. One notable example is the appearance of the name in the Weissenburger Urbar, a medieval land register from the Weissenburg Abbey in Alsace, dated around 1300.

Variations of the name, such as Lindener and Lindnair, were also present in historical records, reflecting regional variations in spelling and pronunciation. The name was particularly common in various regions of Germany, including Bavaria, Saxony, and Silesia.

In the 16th century, the name Lindner appeared in the Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis, a collection of historical documents related to the Margraviate of Brandenburg. One notable bearer of the name was Hans Lindner, a merchant and burgher in the city of Frankfurt an der Oder, who lived in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

Another prominent figure with the surname Lindner was Johann Gottfried Lindner (1688-1756), a German composer and organist who served as the Kapellmeister (music director) at the court of the Duke of Saxe-Merseburg.

In the 18th century, Johann Baptist von Lindner (1723-1783) was a notable Austrian architect who designed several important buildings in Vienna, including the Church of St. Michael and the Palais Todesco.

The 19th century saw the emergence of Max Lindner (1854-1917), a German politician and lawyer who served as the Mayor of Nuremberg from 1899 to 1917.

Additionally, the name Lindner has been associated with various places and geographical locations, such as the town of Lindner in Saxony, Germany, and the Lindner Valley in Austria.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Lindner

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

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 Lindner 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 Lindner 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 Lindner was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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