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The Fender surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,034 people carried this name — #5,743 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,791 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Fender surname

From German, a variant of Fenrich or Fendler.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fender» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 300 people named Fender.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Bas-Rhin 237
Haut-Rhin 23
Paris 8
Finistère 6
Eure-et-Loir 4
Côte-d’Or 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Territoire de Belfort 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

143 people named Fender have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 164 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 105
Łódź 16
Lesser Poland 14
Podlaskie 5
Lower Silesian 3

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

25 people named Fender is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 25

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Fender in American newspapers,
1903–1928.

Newspaper page from The Sea Coast Echo carrying the name Fender
The Sea Coast Echo 1903-05-09
Newspaper page from The Wolf Point Herald carrying the name Fender
The Wolf Point Herald 1928-10-05
Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Fender
The Caucasian 1907-02-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 275,690 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Fender,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Percy Fender
    Percy Fender 1892–1985 · cricketer
  • Flora S. Fender d. 2003 · botanist
  • Anne Fender d. 2017
  • Madeleine Kaeffer 1819–1897
  • Hans Fender 1854–1926 · stage actor
  • Eugen Fender 1872–1932

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Fender.

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