# Pinter (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pinter/  
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 Hungarian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,669 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,920 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 84,150 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (3,281 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɪntəɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Hungarian Pintér, from pintér (“cooper”), from Bavarian binder and German Binder.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pinter 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pinter in Hungary and Austria.

## People named Pinter

- Ádám Pintér, association football player
- Friedrich Pinter, Austrian biathlete
- Attila Pintér, association football player (b. 1966)

## Similar surnames

Painter, Pointer, Pinder, Poynter, Paynter, Pintor, Panter, Panther, Ponder, Pendergrass, Pender, Pendergast.

## 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.