How common is the surname Flanders?

8,787 people in the United States had the surname Flanders in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,137 Americans. It ranked 4,043rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Flanders?

Ed Flanders, American actor (1934–1995), followed by Ralph Flanders.

Where is the surname Flanders most common?

Wikidata records people named Flanders in the United States and Belgium.

How do you pronounce Flanders?

Flanders is /ˈflæn.dəɹz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Flanders getting more or less common?

More common. 8,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,787 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Flanders

A Norman surname, carried by 8,787 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈflæn.dəɹz/ 2 syllables Soundex F453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flanders is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

From Middle English Flaundres, from Anglo-Norman Flaundre, Flaundres, from Middle Dutch Vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-West Germanic *flaumdr (“waterlogged land”), from *flaum (“flowing, current (water)”) (compare Old High German weraltfloum (“transitoriness of life”), Old Norse flaumr (“eddy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *plow-m- (“flow”) (compare Ancient Greek πλῠ́μα (plŭ́ma, “dishwater, washing water”)). More at flow. "Waterlogged" refers to the mudflats and salt marshes common to coastal Flanders.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,787 people named Flanders in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,137 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,291.

#4,043

rank among US surnames

8,787

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #3,936)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,035	Southard	8,808	35,053
#4,036	Basham	8,806	35,061
#4,037	D'Angelo	8,802	35,077
#4,038	Raney	8,801	35,081
#4,039	Lehmann	8,799	35,089
#4,040	Worthy	8,795	35,105
#4,041	Langdon	8,794	35,109

Who is named Flanders

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

85% of people named Flanders identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flanderss

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ed Flanders
American actor (1934–1995)
Ralph Flanders
American engineer, industrialist, and politician (1880–1970)
Benjamin Flanders
American politician (1816-1896)
Holly Flanders
American alpine skier, born 1957
Jean Ray
Belgian writer (1887–1964)

Notable Flanderss come mostly from the United States (4) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flanders

Foland

Flanders has the Soundex code F453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F453.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Flanders come from?: From Middle English Flaundres, from Anglo-Norman Flaundre, Flaundres, from Middle Dutch Vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-West Germanic *flaumdr (“waterlogged land”), from *flaum (“flowing, current (water)”) (compare Old High German weraltfloum (“transitoriness of life”),…
How common is the surname Flanders?: 8,787 people in the United States had the surname Flanders in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,137 Americans. It ranked 4,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flanders?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Flanders identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Flanders?: Ed Flanders, American actor (1934–1995), followed by Ralph Flanders.
Where is the surname Flanders most common?: Wikidata records people named Flanders in the United States and Belgium.
How do you pronounce Flanders?: Flanders is /ˈflæn.dəɹz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Flanders getting more or less common?: More common. 8,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,787 in 2010, up 6.0%.