# Fender (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fender/  
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) | 6,034 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,743 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 51,168 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (5,791 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German, a variant of Fenrich or Fendler.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fender 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% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fender in the United States.

## People named Fender

- Leo Fender, American inventor and founder of the Fender company (1909–1991)
- Freddy Fender, American Tejano singer (1937–2006)

## Similar surnames

Fentress, Fenderson, Funderburk, Fondren, Funderburg, Fundora.

## 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.