How common is the surname Gander?

1,804 people in the United States had the surname Gander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,145 Americans. It ranked 16,060th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Gander?

Gander is /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Gander getting more or less common?

More common. 1,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,804 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Gander

A surname, carried by 1,804 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex G536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gander is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,804 people named Gander in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,145 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,502.

#16,060

rank among US surnames

1,804

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+20.1%

change since 2000 (was #17,351)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,051	Reisner	1,806	170,955
#16,059	Hartig	1,805	171,050
#16,060	Saylors	1,804	171,145
#16,064	Ochsner	1,803	171,240

Who is named Gander

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

92% of people named Gander identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gander

Gander has the Soundex code G536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G536.

Questions

Where does the surname Gander come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Gander?: 1,804 people in the United States had the surname Gander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,145 Americans. It ranked 16,060th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gander?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Gander?: Gander is /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Gander getting more or less common?: More common. 1,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,804 in 2010, up 20%.