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    The surname Fender

    A German surname, carried by 6,034 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F536

    Fender: #5,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fender #5,743, 6,034 people Fender: #5,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fender #5,743, 6,034 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fender is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German, a variant of Fenrich or Fendler.

    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 6,034 people named Fender in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,168 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,791.

    #5,743
    rank among US surnames
    6,034
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,519)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,734Abeyta6,04651,066
    #5,736Hollenbeck6,04351,091
    #5,737Klug6,04151,108
    #5,738Nason6,04051,117
    #5,739Parton6,03951,125
    #5,740Futrell6,03851,134
    #5,741Duron6,03751,142

    Who is named Fender

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

    93% of people named Fender identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Fenders

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fender

    Fender has the Soundex code F536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F536.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fender come from?
    From German, a variant of Fenrich or Fendler.
    How common is the surname Fender?
    6,034 people in the United States had the surname Fender in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,168 Americans. It ranked 5,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fender?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fender identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fender?
    Leo Fender, American inventor and founder of the Fender company (1909–1991), followed by Freddy Fender.
    Where is the surname Fender most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fender in the United States.
    Is the surname Fender getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,791 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,034 in 2010, up 4.2%.