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Pinter Surname Meaning

South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Binder ‘cooper’. Compare Pinder Hungarian (Pintér): occupational name for a maker of measures or for an official who controlled measures from an agent derivative of pint (from Old French pinte) ‘pint’. It is also common in Slovakia.

Slovenian and Croatian: variant of Pintar ‘cooper’ of Bavarian origin (compare 1 above). In North America this surname may also be a shortened form of patronymics Pinterič (Slovenian) and Pinterić (Croatian).

English: perhaps a variant of Pinder. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from German Pint(e) ‘pint’ + German suffix -er, one of the surnames assigned almost at random by clerks to Jews in the Habsburg Empire.

Jewish (from Hungary): adoption of the name in 2 above either as a Hungarian calque of the formerly used German-based surname or because the Hungarian surname (or word) has some sounds in common with the original surname.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Pinter families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Pinter family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Pinter families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 8 Pinter families living in Somerset. This was about 25% of all the recorded Pinter's in United Kingdom. Somerset had the highest population of Pinter families in 1891.
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What did your Pinter ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Incapacitated and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Pinter. 100% of Pinter men worked as an Incapacitated and 84% of Pinter women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Incapacitated
    100%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    84%
  • Domestic Servant
    17%

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What is the average Pinter lifespan?

Between 1957 and 2004, in the United States, Pinter life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1957, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for Pinter in 1957 was 46, and 75 in 2004.

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