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    The surname Stender

    A surname, carried by 2,462 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S353

    Stender: #12,576 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stender #12,576, 2,462 people Stender: #12,576 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stender #12,576, 2,462 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stender is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,462 people named Stender in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,404 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,100.

    #12,576
    rank among US surnames
    2,462
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,311)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,576Hollman2,462125,404
    #12,581Storch2,461125,455
    #12,584Graver2,460125,506

    Who is named Stender

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

    93% of people named Stender identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stenders

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gotthard Friedrich Stender
      Baltic German cleric and grammarian (1714-1796)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stender

    Stender has the Soundex code S353, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S353.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Stender?
    2,462 people in the United States had the surname Stender in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,404 Americans. It ranked 12,576th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stender?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Stender identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Stender?
    Gotthard Friedrich Stender, Baltic German cleric and grammarian (1714-1796).
    Where is the surname Stender most common?
    Wikidata records people named Stender in the Russian Empire.
    Is the surname Stender getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,100 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,462 in 2010, up 17%.