How common is the surname Sunderland?

4,387 people in the United States had the surname Sunderland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,377 Americans. It ranked 7,572nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sunderland?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sunderland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sunderland?

Scott Sunderland, Australian track cyclist and bicycle racer, born 1988, followed by Scott Sunderland.

Where is the surname Sunderland most common?

Wikidata records people named Sunderland in Australia and the United States.

How do you pronounce Sunderland?

Sunderland is /ˈsʌndɚlənd/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Sunderland getting more or less common?

More common. 4,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,387 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Sunderland

A surname, carried by 4,387 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsʌndɚlənd/ 3 syllables Soundex S536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sunderland is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

From sunder + -land (see Wikipedia article for further etymological information).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,387 people named Sunderland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,377 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,316.

#7,572

rank among US surnames

4,387

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,137)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,566	Moultrie	4,391	70,313
#7,568	Maroney	4,390	70,329
#7,571	Lasher	4,389	70,345
#7,572	Sunderland	4,387	70,377

Who is named Sunderland

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

92% of people named Sunderland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sunderlands

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scott Sunderland
Australian track cyclist and bicycle racer, born 1988
Scott Sunderland
Australian racing cyclist, born 1966
Paul Sunderland
American volleyball player, born 1952

Notable Sunderlands come mostly from Australia (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sunderland

Sunderland has the Soundex code S536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S536.

Questions

Where does the surname Sunderland come from?: From sunder + -land (see Wikipedia article for further etymological information).
How common is the surname Sunderland?: 4,387 people in the United States had the surname Sunderland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,377 Americans. It ranked 7,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sunderland?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sunderland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sunderland?: Scott Sunderland, Australian track cyclist and bicycle racer, born 1988, followed by Scott Sunderland.
Where is the surname Sunderland most common?: Wikidata records people named Sunderland in Australia and the United States.
How do you pronounce Sunderland?: Sunderland is /ˈsʌndɚlənd/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Sunderland getting more or less common?: More common. 4,316 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,387 in 2010, up 1.6%.