How common is the surname Ettinger?

2,354 people in the United States had the surname Ettinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. It ranked 13,042nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ettinger?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ettinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ettinger?

Robert Ettinger, American academic, trans humanist and cryonics proponent (1918–2011), followed by Amber Lee Ettinger.

Where is the surname Ettinger most common?

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

Is the surname Ettinger getting more or less common?

More common. 2,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,354 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Ettinger

A surname, carried by 2,354 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ettinger is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,354 people named Ettinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,346.

#13,042

rank among US surnames

2,354

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,175)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,034	Weight	2,356	131,046
#13,037	Cargile	2,355	131,102
#13,042	Motz	2,354	131,158
#13,049	Atkin	2,353	131,214

Who is named Ettinger

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

95% of people named Ettinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ettingers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Ettinger
American academic, trans humanist and cryonics proponent (1918–2011)
Amber Lee Ettinger
American actress, Internet celebrity, model, and singer, born 1982
Philip Ettinger
American actor, born 1985
Cynthia Ettinger
American actress, born 2000
Kurt Ettinger
Austrian fencer (1901–1982)

Notable Ettingers come mostly from the United States (4) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ettinger

Edinger

Ettinger has the Soundex code E352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E352.

Questions

How common is the surname Ettinger?: 2,354 people in the United States had the surname Ettinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. It ranked 13,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ettinger?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ettinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ettinger?: Robert Ettinger, American academic, trans humanist and cryonics proponent (1918–2011), followed by Amber Lee Ettinger.
Where is the surname Ettinger most common?: Wikidata records people named Ettinger in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Ettinger getting more or less common?: More common. 2,346 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,354 in 2010, up 0.3%.