How common is the last name Sanderson?

23,313 people in the United States have the last name Sanderson, about 1 in 12,821. It ranks #1,495 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SANDERSON

#1,495

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,313
About
1 in 12,821
This common or more
44.4%
Who bears it

Of the 23,313 people with the last name Sanderson, 82.3% reported their origin as White, 6.8% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sanderson

#1,493 Clifton · 23,350#1,494 Funk · 23,348#1,496 Navarrete · 23,279#1,497 Bowden · 23,246

Spelled almost the same

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

#102 Sanders · 221,987#16,586 Sanderlin · 1,680#67,846 Saunderson · 313#136,807 Sanderman · 127

Also a first name

As a first name, Sanderson ranks #49,963 of 53,615, with 122 people. See Sanderson as a first name

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