Last Name ANDERS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Andrew, which signifies a brave man. It was inevitable that Andrewson should be toned down to Anderson. Even Andrews has occasionally assumed the form of Anders.

Origin	English, Polish, Chilean, Irish, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	2,165 (2000 US census)	2,414 (1990 US census)

Count	15,375 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

88.89%, or 13667 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.34%, or 1129 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 69 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.32%, or 49 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.4%, or 215 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.61%, or 248 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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