Sandersen Surname

465,687th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 723 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Sandersen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandersen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2701:19,0462,408
Denmark2081:27,1382,790
United States1261:2,876,658169,773
Germany621:1,298,47582,291
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
England51:11,143,612252,590
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States941:534,24137,003

Sandersen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sandersen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sandersen (Russian: Сандерсен) is held by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandersen? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 465,687th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 10,079,593 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Sandersen reside; 68 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Sandersen is most commonly held in Norway, where it is borne by 270 people, or 1 in 19,046. In Norway Sandersen is most common in: Eastern Norway, where 81 percent live, Central Norway, where 7 percent live and Southern Norway, where 6 percent live. Excluding Norway it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.

Sandersen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sandersen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 134 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 62 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sandersen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sandersen surname are 11.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.06% being registered with the party.

The amount Sandersen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 28.69% more than the national average, earning 445,356 kr per year and in United States they earn 13.93% more than the national average, earning $49,161 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sandersen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sandersen in the Russian language
Сандерсенsandersen-

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Sandersen Reference & Research

Sanders / Saunders FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sandersen
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