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    The surname Gonder

    A surname, carried by 1,053 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G536

    Gonder: #23,957 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gonder #23,957, 1,053 people Gonder: #23,957 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gonder #23,957, 1,053 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gonder is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    Possibly a variant of German Gander.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,053 people named Gonder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,212.

    #23,957
    rank among US surnames
    1,053
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -13.1%
    change since 2000 (was #20,382)

    Who is named Gonder

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

    76% of people named Gonder identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gonder

    Gonder 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 Gonder come from?
    Possibly a variant of German Gander.
    How common is the surname Gonder?
    1,053 people in the United States had the surname Gonder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. It ranked 23,957th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gonder?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Gonder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gonder getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,053 in 2010, down 13%.