How common is the surname Binder?

9,720 people in the United States had the surname Binder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,764 Americans. It ranked 3,660th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Binder?

Franz Binder, Austrian association football (soccer) player (1911-1989), followed by Hans Binder.

Where is the surname Binder most common?

Wikidata records people named Binder in the United States, Austria and Germany and 1 other country.

Is the surname Binder getting more or less common?

More common. 9,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,720 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Binder

A surname, carried by 9,720 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Binder is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,720 people named Binder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,764 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,674.

#3,660

rank among US surnames

9,720

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,381)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,651	Card	9,742	31,692
#3,653	Latimer	9,733	31,722
#3,654	Cha	9,732	31,725
#3,655	Melo	9,731	31,728
#3,656	Keaton	9,723	31,754
#3,657	Handley	9,722	31,757
#3,659	Ledezma	9,721	31,761

Who is named Binder

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Binder identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Binders

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Franz Binder
Austrian association football (soccer) player (1911-1989)
Hans Binder
Austrian racing driver, born 1948
Mike Binder
American actor, born 1958
Maurice Binder
American film title designer (1925–1991)
Kurt Binder
Austrian physicist (1944–2022)
René Binder
Austrian racing driver, born 1992
David Binder
British-American journalist (1931-2019)
Steve Binder
American director and producer, born 1932
Otto Binder
American writer (1911–1974)

Notable Binders come mostly from the United States (4), Austria (3) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Binder

Binder has the Soundex code B536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B536.

Questions

How common is the surname Binder?: 9,720 people in the United States had the surname Binder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,764 Americans. It ranked 3,660th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Binder?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Binder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Binder?: Franz Binder, Austrian association football (soccer) player (1911-1989), followed by Hans Binder.
Where is the surname Binder most common?: Wikidata records people named Binder in the United States, Austria and Germany and 1 other country.
Is the surname Binder getting more or less common?: More common. 9,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,720 in 2010, up 0.5%.