The Sender surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 719 people carried this name — #32,079 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 725 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Sender surname
Borrowed from German Senden, a municipality of North Rhine-Westphalia, or a pet form of Alexander.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sender» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
360 people named Sender have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 443 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 139 people named Sender.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Sender live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
21 people named Sender is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
Who carried it
People named Sender,
with a public archive behind them.
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Clemens Sender 1475–1537 · historian
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Ida Sender 1861–1944
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Katarina Sender 1865–1943
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Clara Steinmüller 1869–1943
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Hermine Levy 1870–1942
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Cölestine Sender 1872–1942
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sender.
- Sena 7,597 · U.S. census
- Senac 149 · U.S. census
- Senart 111 · U.S. census
- Senat 807 · U.S. census
- Senatore 896 · U.S. census
- Senay 402 · U.S. census
- Sendra 396 · U.S. census
- Sene 555 · U.S. census
- Seneca 851 · U.S. census
- Senecal 2,575 · U.S. census
- Senechal 575 · U.S. census
- Senesi 142 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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