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    The surname Esslinger

    A German surname, carried by 1,486 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E245

    Esslinger: #18,561 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Esslinger #18,561, 1,486 people Esslinger: #18,561 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Esslinger #18,561, 1,486 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Esslinger is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Esslinger.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,486 people named Esslinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,425.

    #18,561
    rank among US surnames
    1,486
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,045)

    Who is named Esslinger

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Esslinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Esslinger

    Esslinger has the Soundex code E245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E245.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Esslinger come from?
    Borrowed from German Esslinger.
    How common is the surname Esslinger?
    1,486 people in the United States had the surname Esslinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,770 Americans. It ranked 18,561st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Esslinger?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Esslinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Esslinger getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,486 in 2010, up 4.3%.
    What are other spellings of Esslinger?
    Eslinger.