How common is the last name Saunders?

67,352 people in the United States have the last name Saunders, about 1 in 4,438. It ranks #487 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SAUNDERS

#487

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
67,352
About
1 in 4,438
This common or more
31.7%
Who bears it

Of the 67,352 people with the last name Saunders, 65.1% reported their origin as White, 24.9% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Saunders

#485 Valencia · 67,405#486 Hodges · 67,360#488 Gallagher · 67,066#489 Malone · 66,928

Spelled almost the same

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

#102 Sanders · 221,987#4,172 Sander · 8,221#67,846 Saunderson · 313#113,026 Saunder · 165#142,788 Sandera · 119

Also a first name

As a first name, Saunders ranks #32,025 of 53,615, with 265 people. See Saunders as a first name

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