Explore the Family Name Sunderman

The meaning of Sunderman

Americanized form of North German Sundermann.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Sunderman in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the Sunderman surname has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the Sunderman surname improved from 11964 in 2000 to 11759 in 2010, reflecting a change of 1.71%. In terms of count, there were 2395 individuals with the Sunderman surname in 2000, which grew to 2664 by 2010, marking an increase of 11.23%. The proportion per 100k people also rose from 0.89 in 2000 to 0.9 in 2010, a growth rate of 1.12%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#11,964	#11,759	1.71%
Count	2,395	2,664	11.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.89	0.9	1.12%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sunderman

Regarding ethnic identity, the Sunderman surname is primarily associated with individuals identifying as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 97.58% in 2000 to 95.57% in 2010. The data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows other ethnicities associated with the Sunderman surname experiencing increases during this period. Specifically, those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased from 0.54% to 0.64%, and those identifying with two or more races grew from 0.84% to 1.43%. The most significant shift was among those identifying as Hispanic, which saw an increase from 0.71% in 2000 to 1.65% in 2010, a change of 132.39%. The categories of Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native were reported as zero for both years, indicating either no individuals with the Sunderman surname identified with these ethnicities, or the data was suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.58%	95.57%	-2.06%
Hispanic	0.71%	1.65%	132.39%
Two or More Races	0.84%	1.43%	70.24%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.54%	0.64%	18.52%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%