How common is the last name Sanders?

221,987 people in the United States have the last name Sanders, about 1 in 1,346. It ranks #102 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SANDERS

#102

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
221,987
About
1 in 1,346
This common or more
16.9%
Who bears it

Of the 221,987 people with the last name Sanders, 58% reported their origin as White, 32.2% as Black and 4.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sanders

#100 Long · 223,485#101 Tran · 223,440#103 Myers · 220,983#104 Foster · 218,824

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sanders, most common first.

#487 Saunders · 67,352#1,495 Sanderson · 23,313#4,172 Sander · 8,221#16,345 Sandor · 1,709#45,147 Sandra · 511#52,161 Sandora · 430#61,433 Sandri · 353#63,405 Sandry · 340

Also a first name

As a first name, Sanders ranks #10,113 of 53,615, with 1,334 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1951, with 47 births. See Sanders as a first name

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