Sanderson

Sanderson is the 1,495th most common surname in the United States, shared by 23,313 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 12,800.

By the numbers

People: 23,313
Rank: 1,495th
How common: 1 in 12,800
Per 100,000: 7.8

Where the name comes from

Origin a patronymic

. From the Middle English Sander, a shortened form of Alexander + suffix -son.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Sanderson described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 82.3%
Black, not Hispanic 6.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 2.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson (born 1975)American fantasy writer
William Sanderson (born 1944)American actor
Tessa Sanderson (born 1956)British javelin thrower
Cael Sanderson (born 1979)American wrestler
Lianne Sanderson (born 1988)English association football player
Neil Sanderson (born 1978)Canadian musician
Ronald Sanderson (1876–1918)British rower
Jake Sanderson (born 2002)American ice hockey player

People named Sanderson with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Sanderson

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.