Enders

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Kurzform zu Andreas; Liquidvariation im Stamm, 3258 Träger

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɛndɝz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Enders is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 93K(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 183K
  • FIFinland1 in 186K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

3,584 people, 2010

Sources
45 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 93K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Kurzform zu Andreas; Liquidvariation im Stamm, 3258 Träger.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Enders is read(measured from records)

Enders is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English67%

    J. R, US microbiologist {Nobel 1954

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • German23%

    Kurzform zu Andreas; Liquidvariation im Stamm, 3258 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

    patronymisch zu Andreas (< griech. andreĩos „mannhaft, tapfer“); umgelautete Patronymform mit r-Metathese; 3258 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Enders counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Enders is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3,5841 in 93K3.6KEnders45
NL Netherlands731 in 237K73——
PL Poland651 in 589K40——
CH Switzerland461 in 183K46—3
BR Brazil441 in 4.8M44——
SE Sweden331 in 309K33—1
FI Finland301 in 186K30—1

3,584 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Enders is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Énders

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Enders is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Danish, indefinite genitive plural of ende

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Croatian, američki virusolog i mikrobiolog, doprinio razvoju cjepiva protiv dječje paralize; Nobelova nagrada za medicinu 1954.

    as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000John Franklin Enders, b. 1897Robert Enders, b. 1899Klaus Enders, b. 1937Dieter Enders, b. 1946Thomas Enders, b. 1958Peter Enders, b. 1959Peter Enders, b. 1963Sylke Enders, b. 1965René Enders, b. 1987Giulia Enders, b. 1990

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Enders,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 18 countries.

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Enders?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɛndɝz/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Enders mean?
Recorded meaning: Kurzform zu Andreas; Liquidvariation im Stamm, 3258 Träger.
In which country does Enders have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 3.6 thousand people named Enders, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled enders.
Where is Enders most common?
Enders is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 93 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Enders?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,584 people named Enders in 2010, about 1 in 93 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Enders”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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