# Ettinger (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,354 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,042 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 131,158 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (2,346 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ettinger 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ettinger in the United States and Austria.

## People named Ettinger

- Robert Ettinger, American academic, trans humanist and cryonics proponent (1918–2011)
- Amber Lee Ettinger, American actress, Internet celebrity, model, and singer
- Philip Ettinger, American actor
- Cynthia Ettinger, American actress
- Kurt Ettinger, Austrian fencer (1901–1982)

## Similar surnames

Edinger, Edens, Edmiston, Eddings, Eddins, Eddington, Edington, Ethington.

## 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.