# Kander (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kander/  
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) | 196 |
| US rank (2010) | 93,513 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,575,232 people |
| Change since 2000 | -18.3% (240 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Jewish surname, variant of Kanter. * As a German surname, from Kandern in Germany, which shares the same origin as Etymology 2 below. * As a Polish surname, variant of the German names Konder, Gunter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kander 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) | 97% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kander in the United States.

## People named Kander

- John Kander, American musical theatre composer
- Jason Kander, American attorney, author, veteran, and politician

## Similar surnames

Kinder, Kantor, Kanter, Kendrick, Kindred, Kendricks.

## 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.