The Sander surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 8,740 people carried this name — #3,726 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,900 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
443 people named Sander have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 617 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
291 people named Sander live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 234 people named Sander.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Sander live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sander.
- Sance 136 · U.S. census
- Sanche 180 · U.S. census
- Sanches 7,457 · U.S. census
- Sanchez 441,242 · U.S. census
- Sancho 1,091 · U.S. census
- Sand 5,162 · U.S. census
- Sanders 220,902 · U.S. census
- Sandler 4,573 · U.S. census
- Sandner 431 · U.S. census
- Sandon 219 · U.S. census
- Sandonato 208 · U.S. census
- Sandor 1,757 · U.S. census
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