How Many People Have the Last Name Sanders?
people had the surname Sanders in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,280 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+9,472 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Sanders (60.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 33%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Sanders ranks #63. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 63.4% to 60.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Sanders grew from 220,902 people in 2000 to 230,374 in 2010 (up 4.3%), and its rank fell from #88 to #94. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 81.89 to 78.1 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 220,902 | 230,374 |
| Rank | #88 | #94 |
| Per 100,000 people | 81.89 | 78.1 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sanders
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sanders: S536
👤 Sanders as a First Name
Sanders is a first name too: about 1,198 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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