Last Name COMMANDER

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Meaning	The commander. The surname still existed in England in teh 19th century.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	18,847 (2000 US census)	12,659 (1990 US census)

Count	1,342 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

65.05%, or 873 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
29.81%, or 400 total occurrences, as black,
0.89%, or 12 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.42%, or 19 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.89%, or 12 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.94%, or 26 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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