Dellinger
A surname of German origin, most likely meaning someone from a place called Dellingen or Delling.
The #4,422 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 38,401 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Dellinger is best understood as a German habitational surname. It likely refers to a person who came from a place called Dellingen or a similar settlement name built from a Germanic base such as "dell" or a related local-place element. In surnames, the ending -er commonly means "from" or "of" that place.
History
The name is found among German-speaking families and later appears in North America through immigration. In the United States it is most common in regions with strong German settlement history, especially the Midwest and Pennsylvania-related migration corridors. Like many German habitational names, its spelling has remained fairly stable in English-language records.
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Fun fact
Surnames ending in -er are often the easiest German names to decode: they usually point to where a family once lived rather than what they did for a living.