How common is the surname Pinter?

3,669 people in the United States had the surname Pinter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,150 Americans. It ranked 8,920th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pinter?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Pinter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pinter?

Ádám Pintér, association football player, followed by Friedrich Pinter.

Where is the surname Pinter most common?

Wikidata records people named Pinter in Hungary and Austria.

How do you pronounce Pinter?

Pinter is /ˈpɪntəɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Pinter getting more or less common?

More common. 3,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,669 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Pinter

A Hungarian surname, carried by 3,669 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpɪntəɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex P536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pinter is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

Hungarian origin

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

One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,669 people named Pinter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,150 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,281.

#8,920

rank among US surnames

3,669

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+11.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,140)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,914	Sloane	3,673	84,058
#8,916	Scheller	3,672	84,081
#8,917	Freer	3,671	84,104
#8,920	Kersten	3,669	84,150
#8,923	Klingler	3,668	84,173
#8,925	Epley	3,667	84,196

Who is named Pinter

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

89% of people named Pinter identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pinters

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ádám Pintér
Association football player, born 1988
Friedrich Pinter
Austrian biathlete, born 1978
Attila Pintér
Association football player (b. 1966)

Notable Pinters come mostly from Hungary (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pinter

Pinter has the Soundex code P536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P536.

Other Hungarian surnames

All 46 Hungarian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pinter come from?: From Hungarian Pintér, from pintér (“cooper”), from Bavarian binder and German Binder.
How common is the surname Pinter?: 3,669 people in the United States had the surname Pinter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,150 Americans. It ranked 8,920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pinter?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Pinter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pinter?: Ádám Pintér, association football player, followed by Friedrich Pinter.
Where is the surname Pinter most common?: Wikidata records people named Pinter in Hungary and Austria.
How do you pronounce Pinter?: Pinter is /ˈpɪntəɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Pinter getting more or less common?: More common. 3,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,669 in 2010, up 12%.