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The dillinger Surname

dillinger Name Meaning and History

  1. German: habitational name for someone from Dillingen near Augsburg or Tüllingen in Baden.
  2. English: habitational name from Drellingore in Kent, which is recorded as Dillynger in 1264, from the Old English personal name Dylla + -ing- denoting association + Old English ora ‘hill slope’.

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Distribution of dillinger Families in the US in 1920
Number of dillinger families
 45-87
 16-44
 1-15
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