How common is the surname Commander?

1,469 people in the United States had the surname Commander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,174 Americans. It ranked 18,703rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Commander getting more or less common?

More common. 1,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,469 in 2010, up 9.5%.

The surname Commander

A surname, carried by 1,469 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C553

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Commander is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,469 people named Commander in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,174 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,342.

#18,703

rank among US surnames

1,469

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #18,847)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,694	Klose	1,470	210,031
#18,703	Commander	1,469	210,174

Who is named Commander

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

60% of people named Commander identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Black (not Hispanic) 35%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Commander?: 1,469 people in the United States had the surname Commander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,174 Americans. It ranked 18,703rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Commander?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Commander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Commander getting more or less common?: More common. 1,342 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,469 in 2010, up 9.5%.