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The surname Zanders

A surname, carried by 2,040 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex Z536

Zanders: #14,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Zanders #14,591, 2,040 people Zanders: #14,591 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zanders #14,591, 2,040 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zanders is more common than 91% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,040 people named Zanders in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,346 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,757.

#14,591
rank among US surnames
2,040
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+16.1%
change since 2000 (was #15,350)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,585Strine2,042151,198
#14,587Emrich2,041151,272
#14,591Tarlton2,040151,346
#14,599Vartanian2,039151,420

Who is named Zanders

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

72% of people named Zanders identified as Black (not Hispanic), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

  • Black (not Hispanic) 72%
  • White (not Hispanic) 21%
  • Two or more races 3.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Zanders

Zanders has the Soundex code Z536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z536.

Questions

How common is the surname Zanders?
2,040 people in the United States had the surname Zanders in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,346 Americans. It ranked 14,591st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zanders?
In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Zanders identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Zanders getting more or less common?
More common. 1,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,040 in 2010, up 16%.