Kundinger

surname · Latin script

Meaning: 1. occupational name for a town crier

/ˈkəndɪŋɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kundinger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 728K(measured from records)
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 107K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 274K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

457 people, 2010

Sources
136 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 107K (inferred from the name graph)

Guatemala, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Kundinger: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Kundinger
  1. Kundingin(measured from records)
  2. Middle High Germankiindic(measured from records)

1. occupational name for a town crier. Middle High German kiindigeere. 2. habitational name for someone from Kunding in Bavaria. 3. possibly a nickname for a knowledgeable person, from Middle High German kiindic ‘known’, ‘intelligent’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kundinger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kundinger is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States4571 in 728K475Kundinger136
DE Germany≈290 est.≈1 in 274K—Kundinger40
GT Guatemala≈160 est.≈1 in 107K—Kundinger1
PH Philippines≈67 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Kundinger2
IT Italy≈53 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Kundinger1
CA Canada≈38 est.≈1 in 983K—Kundinger7

457 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kundinger is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kündinger

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kundinger is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, from ON. Kunding, Upper Bavaria

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Kundinger,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Kundinger
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020475#48,050
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010457#46,568
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000412#48,196
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Kundinger come from?
1. occupational name for a town crier. Middle High German kiindigeere. 2. habitational name for someone from Kunding in Bavaria. 3. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Kundinger?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkəndɪŋɝ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Kundinger mean?
Recorded meaning: 1. occupational name for a town crier.
In which country does Kundinger have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 457 people named Kundinger, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kundinger.
How common is the name Kundinger?
In the United States, the national register counted 457 people named Kundinger in 2010, about 1 in 728 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kundinger”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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