Persinger
A surname most likely linked to a place name or to an older Germanic family name built on a personal name plus the agentive suffix -er.
The #6,604 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 60,173 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Persinger is most plausibly a German or German-American surname, though its exact source is not certain. It may be locational, referring to someone from a place called Persingen or a similar name, or it may be an altered form of an older German personal-name-based surname. The ending -er is common in German surnames and often means "one from" a place or "one associated with" a root name or word.
History
The surname is found chiefly in the United States, where it likely developed through immigration and later spelling stabilization. Like many German-American surnames, it may have shifted in form after arrival in English-speaking regions, which makes its original spelling and exact derivation harder to pin down. The name is uncommon but established enough to appear in the U.S. census.
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Fun fact
Its ending is a classic German surname marker, but the first element is obscure enough that even experienced surname researchers would treat the derivation cautiously.