Saunders

Saunders is the 487th most common surname in the United States, shared by 67,352 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 4,438.

By the numbers

People: 67,352
Rank: 487th
How common: 1 in 4,438
Per 100,000: 22.5

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Saunders described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 65.1%
Black, not Hispanic 24.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Saunders

Jennifer Saunders (born 1958)English comedian, screenwriter, actress and teacher
George Saunders (born 1958)American writer
Kállay Saunders (born 1985)American/Hungarian recording artist
Dean Saunders (born 1964)Welsh association football player and manager
Gwenno Saunders (born 1981)Welsh singer
Cicely Saunders (1918–2005)English writer, doctor, founder of the hospice care movement, palliative care activist
Raven Saunders (born 1996)American shot putter
Flip Saunders (1955–2015)American basketball player, coach, executive

People named Saunders with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Saunders

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.