What We Know About the Mellinger Surname

Here is a quick, sourced look at the Mellinger surname.

How many people are named Mellinger?

According to the 2010 US Census, the Mellinger surname had 3,818 bearers. French civil records give 924 births under the name Mellinger from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970. Births ran at 57 in 1891–1900 and 76 in 1991–2000.

What does Mellinger mean?

The meaning of Mellinger is not given in the reference works we use for these short pages; a full report traces it from your own family's records.

Does every Mellinger family have a crest?

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Mellinger family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

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