Where Does The Last Name Saunders Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Saunders (Hindi: सौंदर्स, Russian: Саундерс) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Saunders? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 2,684^th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 35,066 people. The last name Saunders is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Saunders live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 298,585^th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 757 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 92,808 people, or 1 in 3,905. In The United States Saunders is mostly concentrated in: Virginia, where 9 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States Saunders is found in 144 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Saunders Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Saunders has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Saunders last name increased 541 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 255 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 184 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 126 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Saunders Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Saunders surname is chiefly Catholic (63%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Saunders last name are 7.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.33% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Saunders earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 33.12% more than the national average, earning 460,688 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 38.97% more than the national average, earning R 330,252 per year; in United States they earn 2.05% less than the national average, earning $42,265 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.95% more than the national average, earning $50,654 CAD per year.