# Ender (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 690 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,164 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 447,457 people |
| Change since 2000 | -17.6% (837 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Ender.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ender 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ender in the Austrian Empire, Austria and Cisleithania.

## People named Ender

- Otto Ender, Austrian chancellor, politician and lawyer (1875-1960)
- Johann Ender, Austrian painter (1793-1854)
- Thomas Ender, Austrian landscape painter (1793–1875)
- Eduard Ender, Austrian artist (c.1830-1883)

## Similar surnames

Endres, Enders, Enderle, Entrekin.

## 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.