# Anders (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/anders/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Danish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,554 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,343 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,850 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (15,375 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Anders.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Anders in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Anders in the United States, Austria, the German Empire and Argentina.

## People named Anders

- Bill Anders, American astronaut and lunar explorer (1933–2024)
- David Anders, actor
- Andrea Anders, actress from the United States
- Sean Anders, American film director, screenwriter, actor
- Charlie Jane Anders, American author and commentator
- Merry Anders, American actress (1934–2012)
- Helga Anders, Austrian television actress (1948–1986)
- Glenn Anders, actor (1889–1981)
- Rudolph Anders, actor (1902-1987)
- Eryk Anders, American football player
- Gabriela Anders, Argentine singer and pianist

## Similar surnames

Andrews, Andres, Andrus, Andress, Andreas, Anderson, Andrade, Andersen, Andrew, André, Andresen, Anderton.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.