Sanderson is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sanderson
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sanderson

How popular is Sanderson?

Sanderson is common in England.

Sanderson is ranked 7973 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sanderson bearers increased by 3.89876 per cent in 2010 US census to 24384 since 2000, the surname slipped by 78 spots and ranked at 1462. The last name was found in around 83 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 85.69 88.06
Black 6.6 6.1
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.62 2.53
Hispanic or Latino 2.31 1.44
Others 2.18 1.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.38
Sanderson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 67812 people have been found who wears Sanderson as their family name. Sanderson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
49 Norfolk Island8
9,568 Thailand8
13,280 Qatar8
8,040 Guyana6
5,707 Nicaragua5
46,004 Philippines5
2,011 South Korea4
59,967 Moldova4
2,403 Vietnam4
4,844 Oman4
8,411 Costa Rica4
122,390 Belarus4
2,537 Afghanistan4
3,949 Botswana3
1,219,338 India3
127,708 Czech Republic3
15,749 Finland3
16,136 Kenya3
17,547 Colombia2
3,014 Taiwan2
405 British Virgin Islands2
6,103 Cyprus2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
24,269 Peru2
5,217 Zambia2
17,692 Armenia2
89,020 Tanzania2
23,344 Austria2
5,936 Bahrain2
1,834 Malta2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
485 Dominica2
6,353 Panama2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
44,018 Poland2
1,818 Guernsey1
17,575 Kuwait1
16,283 Lithuania1
40,340 Malaysia1
11,486 Estonia1
56,169 Mexico1
2,309 Monaco1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
846 American Samoa1
28,746 Algeria1
14,373 Jordan1
3,350 Fiji1
42,479 Greece1
7,941 Guatemala1
9,498 Iceland1
38,830 Morocco1
5,916 Mozambique1
1,179 Swaziland1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
8,859 Iraq1
1,005 The Gambia1
14,644 Tunisia1
4,249 Cambodia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,721 Egypt1
2,374 Bermuda1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
1,879 Belize1
2,724 New Caledonia1
50,549 Georgia1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
120,357 Argentina1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,525 Norway46
495 Antigua and Barbuda25
1,865 China24
1,064 Barbados23
699 Isle of Man21
52,708 United Arab Emirates19
1,163 Jersey17
324,631 Indonesia17
90,112 Germany14
4,823 Japan13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,743 Singapore89
20,785 Belgium82
241 Grenada77
4,527 Ireland76
9,137 Denmark64
17,264 Israel59
85,668 Italy56
81,917 Ukraine54
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Sanderson:
841 New Zealand821
481 Jamaica821
21,615 France453
1,163 Wales339
1,508 Northern Ireland179
17,602 Spain178
6,110 Chile162
11,924 Zimbabwe156
17,680 Netherlands155
1,581 Hong Kong154
84,013 Russia147
1,577 Trinidad and Tobago114
8,508 Sweden109
Countries with thousands of Sanderson:
770 Canada6,413
612 Australia4,950
2,172 South Africa2,995
8,373 Brazil1,654
595 Scotland1,418
Countries with ten thousands of Sanderson:
1,343 United States28,922
386 England16,692
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman William Sanderson from Ireland aboard the Fidelia from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA on June 1, 1846. Robert Sanderson, aged 27, Teacher George Sanderson, Teacher Sarah Sanderson, 23 years old Jane Sanderson, John Sanderson (35) Workman, E.H. Sanderson, aged 51, Elzh. Sanderson (30) Maid, Mary-Anne Sanderson, Born at sea John Sanderson, and 58 other Sanderson around 33.33% of whom were workman while others worked as teacher and servant, farmer, carpenter, spinster, merchant migrated to US.

Comments

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Allegra Wilder
Sanderson is a nickname that is a derivative of sanders sanders is a nickname the origin of this name is Flemish its etymology comes from Sander's: the son of sander Alessander: alexander.

Sanderson Namesakes

    William Sanderson, American character actor famous for his roles in Blade Runner, Deadwood
  • John Sanderson, Former Governor of Western Australia
  • Gemma Sanderson, Model
  • Mike Sanderson, Sailor
  • Angelia Sanderson, Actress
  • Ashlea Sanderson, Film actress
  • George Sanderson, Politician
  • William Sanderson, Character actor
  • Martyn Sanderson, Actor
  • Joan Sanderson, Television actress
  • Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, Politician
  • Iain Sanderson played the small character of The Grim Reaper in 2015 horror film The Time Between.
  • In 2016, Noah Tully Sanderson played the role of Hunter - Bones in drama and horror movie Academy.
  • In 2015 comedy flick, Last Man Standing, Erika Sanderson portrayed Prime Minister.
  • Evan Sanderson characterized key character of Doug in 2007 comedy flick Notes from the Rogues Gallery.

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