Sanders Forename

110,851st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,976 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Sanders Forename Definition:

A Scottish re-shaping of Alexander. Cf. Saunders and Sandy.

Sanders Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
91%
 
2,3361:155,1966,038
Zimbabwe
99%
 
7531:20,4832,223
Haiti
100%
1701:63,1003,990
Australia-1121:121,9434,027
Brazil
100%
821:2,612,63650,582
Philippines
97%
 
561:1,893,02642,793
Iraq
100%
481:729,5396,887
Canada
100%
481:690,27916,028
DR Congo
60%
 
411:1,800,67345,176
Venezuela
100%
371:816,26718,733
Mexico
96%
 
331:3,761,95217,018
Peru
89%
 
221:1,445,06616,756
South Africa
100%
201:2,726,63272,557
Russia
100%
161:9,014,60635,676
Indonesia-141:18,425,976483,081
England
76%
 
131:4,277,14841,317
China-131:105,081,21464,899
Nicaragua
100%
121:501,5288,668
Honduras
100%
121:734,7899,414
Solomon Islands-101:58,0963,433
Scotland
100%
91:594,4857,010
Taiwan-81:2,971,21060,968
Belgium
100%
81:1,436,25515,198
Israel
86%
 
71:1,200,41715,461
Saint Lucia
80%
 
61:29,6362,683
Bermuda-61:10,8041,174
Guatemala
100%
51:3,221,6866,935
Germany
91%
 
51:19,335,57551,270
Costa Rica
100%
51:953,59010,779
France
100%
51:13,294,06836,843
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Gabon
100%
41:470,8342,822
Benin-41:2,643,96145,199
French Polynesia-41:69,4762,352
Hong Kong-31:2,584,24211,307
India
100%
31:404,959,3243,244,417
Netherlands
100%
31:5,634,02829,480
Panama-31:1,302,18625,104
Colombia
100%
21:23,889,46363,722
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Chile
100%
21:8,803,60433,591
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Sweden-11:9,857,90778,968
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Azerbaijan
100%
11:9,642,94442,290
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Guinea-11:11,858,6477,978
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Georgia
100%
11:3,738,46629,095
Estonia
100%
11:1,315,3808,883
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Cambodia
100%
11:16,273,33074,610

Sanders (353,407) may also be a surname.

Sanders Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Scottish re-shaping of Alexander. Cf. Saunders and Sandy.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Sanders Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Sanders Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanders in the Russian language
Сандерсsanders-

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