The Bender surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 38,464 people carried this name — #821 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,010 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
707 people named Bender live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 675 people named Bender.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
608 people named Bender have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 722 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Bender in American newspapers,
1880–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,018,538 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bender,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christoph Bender von Bienenthal 1603–1666 · mayor -
Blasius Kolumban von Bender 1713–1798 · politician -
Jean-Valentin Bender 1801–1873 · composer -
Carl Bender 1845–1904 · physicist -
Auguste Bender 1846–1924 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 193 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bender.
- Benavides 18,617 · U.S. census
- Bence 1,450 · U.S. census
- Benchimol 100 · U.S. census
- Bendavid 449 · U.S. census
- Bendel 1,283 · U.S. census
- Bendele 758 · U.S. census
- Bene 723 · U.S. census
- Benedetti 2,625 · U.S. census
- Benedetto 3,280 · U.S. census
- Benedick 427 · U.S. census
- Benedict 16,846 · U.S. census
- Benedicto 425 · U.S. census
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