# Aigner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/aigner/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 644 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,016 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 479,419 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.6% (648 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Aigner.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Aigner in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Aigner in Austria and Austria–Hungary.

## People named Aigner

- Ernst Aigner, Austrian footballer
- Franz Aigner, Austrian weightlifter
- Johannes Aigner, Austrian association football player
- Veronika Aigner, Austrian Para alpine skier (born 2003)
- Clemens Aigner, Austrian ski jumper
- Gustava Aigner, Austrian geologist and paleontologist (1906-1987)
- Martin Aigner, Austrian mathematician (1942-1923)
- Barbara Aigner, Austrian para-alpine skier
- Johannes Aigner, Austrian Para alpine skier (born 2005)
- Joseph Matthäus Aigner, Austrian painter (1818–1886)

## Similar surnames

Ashmore.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.