Sunders Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Sunders Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sunders Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:5,491,802273,080
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
England21:27,859,030389,889
France21:33,211,361423,184
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Sunders (17) may also be a first name.

Sunders Last Name Facts

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

Sunders (Hindi: सुन्दर) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sunders? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,955,159th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Sunders live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held forename internationally. It is borne by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 5,491,802. In The United States Sunders is primarily found in: Virginia, where 12 percent are found, Minnesota, where 11 percent are found and Louisiana, where 11 percent are found. Other than The United States it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 5 percent are found and Mauritius, where 4 percent are found.

Sunders Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sunders has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 330 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sunders Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Sunders are 30.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.92% registered to vote for the political party.

Sunders earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.42% less than the national average, earning $26,571 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sunders Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sunders in the Hindi language
सुन्दरsundara-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sunders
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