How common is the surname Enders?

3,584 people in the United States had the surname Enders in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,146 Americans. It ranked 9,114th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Enders?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Enders identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Enders?

John Franklin Enders, American medical researcher (1897-1985).

Where is the surname Enders most common?

Wikidata records people named Enders in the United States.

Is the surname Enders getting more or less common?

More common. 3,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,584 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Enders

A German surname, carried by 3,584 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Enders is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Enders.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,584 people named Enders in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,146 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,516.

#9,114

rank among US surnames

3,584

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,615)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,108	Wiest	3,588	86,049
#9,112	Springfield	3,586	86,097
#9,113	Vanhoose	3,585	86,121
#9,114	Sankey	3,584	86,146
#9,117	Privett	3,583	86,170
#9,118	Berard	3,582	86,194
#9,119	Beene	3,581	86,218

Who is named Enders

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

93% of people named Enders identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Enderss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Franklin Enders
American medical researcher (1897-1985)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Enders

Enders has the Soundex code E536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E536.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Enders come from?: Borrowed from German Enders.
How common is the surname Enders?: 3,584 people in the United States had the surname Enders in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,146 Americans. It ranked 9,114th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Enders?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Enders identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Enders?: John Franklin Enders, American medical researcher (1897-1985).
Where is the surname Enders most common?: Wikidata records people named Enders in the United States.
Is the surname Enders getting more or less common?: More common. 3,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,584 in 2010, up 1.9%.