Surname Spotlight: Stender

Public name statistics give a good picture of the Stender surname. Wikidata records Stender as a German family name.

• The 2010 US Census counted 2,462 people named Stender, ranking it number 12,576 among American surnames. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.
• No reliable dictionary entry explains Stender, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.
• Spelling in old records was loose, so search for Stender under several forms.

Stender coat of arms

Sharing the Stender name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families. For the full story, order the Stender surname pack.