Sander surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

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 map

Where they live today

Silesian 74
Opole 67
Subcarpathian 55
Pomeranian 45
Greater Poland 35
West Pomeranian 32
Masovian 32
Lublin 23

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.

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Where they live today

Zurich 98
Aargau 34
Basel-Landschaft 26
Bern 23
St. Gallen 17
Lucerne 13
Thurgau 12
Solothurn 12

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 map

Where they were born

Born outside France 35
Moselle 72
Bas-Rhin 31
Paris 29
Vosges 21
Nord 12
Meuse 6
Haute-Saône 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2

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

West Flanders 27
East Flanders 9

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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