# Bender (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bender/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 39,551 |
| US rank (2010) | 881 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,806 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (38,464 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bendery |

## Etymology

From bender; the name was given to someone who bent things.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bender 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bender in the United States.

## People named Bender

- Jack Bender, American film and television director
- Lawrence Bender, American film producer
- Landry Bender, American actress
- Jonathan Bender, American basketball player (born 1981)
- Aimee Bender, American novelist, short story writer
- Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach (1884–1954)
- Lauretta Bender, American neuropsychiatrist (1897–1987)
- Emily M. Bender, American linguist
- Carl M. Bender, American physicist
- George H. Bender, American politician (1896–1961)
- Teri Gender Bender, American rock musician

## Similar surnames

Binder, Bontrager, Bondurant, Bhandari, Bainter, Banderas, Bondarchuk.

## 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.