How common is the surname Mander?

543 people in the United States had the surname Mander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. It ranked 40,313th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mander?

In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Mander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Mander?

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

Where is the surname Mander most common?

Wikidata records people named Mander in the United States.

Is the surname Mander getting more or less common?

Less common. 554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 543 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Mander

A German occupational surname, carried by 543 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mander is more common than 75.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

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.

Mander is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 543 people named Mander in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 554.

#40,313

rank among US surnames

543

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #37,728)

Who is named Mander

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

67% of people named Mander identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Asian and Pacific Islander 23%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Two or more races 3.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Manders

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jerry Mander
American activist and author (1936-)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Manter

Surnames that sound like Mander

Mander has the Soundex code M536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M536.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mander come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Mander?: 543 people in the United States had the surname Mander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. It ranked 40,313th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mander?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Mander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Mander?: Jerry Mander, American activist and author (1936-).
Where is the surname Mander most common?: Wikidata records people named Mander in the United States.
What type of surname is Mander?: Mander is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Mander getting more or less common?: Less common. 554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 543 in 2010, down 2.0%.
What are other spellings of Mander?: Manter.