# Gander (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,804 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,060 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 171,145 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (1,502 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun gander. * Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ganter, itself related to French ganter (“to glove”). * As a north German surname, from Gandern in Brandenburg. * Also as a north German surname, from Ganter (“male goose”). * As a south German and Alemannic German surname, from Gand (“scree”). The town in Newfoundland is named after Gander Bay or Gander Lake, the names of which derive from the noun gander.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gander 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Gandara, Gonder, Ginder, Gandarilla, Gentry, Gunter, Gunderson, Guenther, Gunther, Gendron, Ginter, Ginther.

## 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.