# Mander (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mander/  
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 | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 543 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,313 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 568,592 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.0% (554 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Manter |

## Etymology

Various origins: * English occupational surname for a basket-maker, from maund + -er. * Borrowed from German Mander, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੰਦਰ (mandar), a surname of unexplained etymology.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mander 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 23% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mander in the United States.

## People named Mander

- Jerry Mander, American activist and author (1936-)

## Similar surnames

Minder, Manders, Mandrell, Mondragon, Montero, Minter, Monteiro, Monterroso, Monterrosa, Montrose, Montroy, Munter.

## 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.