The Zander surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,518 people carried this name — #7,373 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,342 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
578 people named Zander have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 754 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
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
145 people named Zander live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Zander.
37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 85 people named Zander live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Zander 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 Liège.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
1,112 people named Zander 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).
In print
Zander in American newspapers,
1876–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,492 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Zander,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann W.G. Zander d. 1818 · physician
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Adolf Zander d. 1966 · association football player
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Otto Zander d. 1588 · parson
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Enoch Zander 1579–1638 · Protestant theologian
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Petrus Zander 1615–1672 · parson
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Petrus Zander 1619–1672 · parson
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Zander.
- Zampieri 180 · U.S. census
- Zana 174 · U.S. census
- Zanardi 264 · U.S. census
- Zanatta 158 · U.S. census
- Zanca 389 · U.S. census
- Zanchi 160 · U.S. census
- Zanella 626 · U.S. census
- Zanelli 349 · U.S. census
- Zanette 140 · U.S. census
- Zanetti 937 · U.S. census
- Zang 2,103 · U.S. census
- Zanger 631 · U.S. census
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