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    The surname Linder

    A surname, carried by 13,830 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L536

    Linder: #2,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Linder #2,607, 13,830 people Linder: #2,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Linder #2,607, 13,830 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Linder is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,830 people named Linder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,324 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,375.

    #2,607
    rank among US surnames
    13,830
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,474)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,598Dykes13,87422,254
    #2,599Branham13,87222,257
    #2,600Grier13,86822,263
    #2,601Pfeiffer13,85122,290
    #2,602Whipple13,85022,292
    #2,604Strauss13,84022,308
    #2,605Braswell13,83822,311

    Who is named Linder

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

    83% of people named Linder identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Linders

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Christa Linder
      Actress, born 1943
    • Kate Linder
      American actress, born 1947
    • John Linder
      American politician, born 1942
    • Ben Linder
      American engineer, 1959–1987

    Notable Linders come mostly from the United States (3) and Germany (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Linder

    Linder has the Soundex code L536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L536.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Linder?
    13,830 people in the United States had the surname Linder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,324 Americans. It ranked 2,607th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Linder?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Linder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Linder?
    Christa Linder, actress, followed by Kate Linder.
    Where is the surname Linder most common?
    Wikidata records people named Linder in the United States and Germany.
    Is the surname Linder getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,830 in 2010, up 3.4%.