Anderson (surname)

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Anderson
GenderMasculine
Origin
Language(s)English
Word/nameAndrew
Meaning"Son of Ander/Andrew"
Other names
Variant form(s)D'Andrea, Andersen, Anderssen, Andersson, Andersonne, Andersons, Andersoun, Andirsoone, Andrásffy, Andrásfi, Andreadis, Andreasian, Andreasson, Andreasyan, Andreescu, Andreessen, Andreiescu, Andresen, Andresoun, Andresson, Andreou, Andrewson, Andrejević, Andrejavičius, Andrejevičius, Andrejić, Andrejsons, Andrzejowicz, Andreyev, Andriadze, Andriashvili, Andrić, Andriyuk, Andriyenko, Andriyiv, Andrijašević, Andrijavić, Andrijević, Androson, Ondřejovič, MacAnndrais

Anderson is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "Son of Ander/Andrew" (itself derived from the Greek name "Andreas", meaning "man" or "manly").

In Scotland, the name first appeared in records of the 14th century as "Fitz Andreu" (meaning son of Andrew), and developed in various forms by the Scottish Gaelic patronymic of "MacGhilleAndrais" which means "servant of St. Andrew". Variations of this name were MacAndrew, Gillanders and Anderson. The name soon migrated to other parts of Scotland due to the popularity of the name "Andrew" as associated with the Patron Saint of Scotland, and the largest grouping lies in the north-east of Scotland from the Mearns through Aberdeenshire, Banff, and Moray.

In England, the very first recorded spelling of the family name is probably that of William Andreu, which was dated 1237, in the ancient charters of the county of Buckinghamshire, England, in the year 1237.[citation needed]

Anderson is the eighth most frequent surname in Scotland and 52nd most common in England.[1]

In Sweden, the form Andersson is the most common surname.[2]

In Norway and Denmark, the form Andersen is quite common, being the fifth most common surname in both countries[3][4]–see Andersen. It's also found to a lesser extent in northern Germany, e.g. the German vocalist Lale Andersen (1905-1972).[5]

The Scandinavian forms Andersson and Andersen were often rendered as Anderson by immigrants to the English-speaking countries, whereby the latter form became one of the most common surnames in Anglophone North America. The name was the eleventh most common surname reported in the 1990 United States census, accounting for 0.3% of the population.[6] It was the twelfth most common surname reported in the 2000 United States Census.[7] Anderson is also one of the most popular surnames in Canada.[8]

Other spelling variations include: Andison, Andersonne, Andersoun, Andirsoone, Andresoun, Androson, Andirston, Andresson, Andrewson, and Andresen.

List of people[]

Notable persons with the surname Anderson include:

A[]

  • Abdullah Anderson (born 1996), American football player
  • Adam Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Alan Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Alan Garrett Anderson (1877–1952), public servant and shipowner
    • Alan Anderson (basketball) (born 1982), basketball player
    • Alan Orr Anderson (1879–1958), Scottish historian
    • Alan Ross Anderson (1925–1973), American logician
    • Alan Paul Anderson (born 1961), American commissioner for the Federal Maritime Commission
  • Alec Anderson (1894–1953), American football player
  • Alex Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Alexander Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Alexandria Anderson (born 1987), American sprinter
  • Alf Anderson (1914–1985), American baseball player
  • Alfred Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Alice Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people including:
  • Ally Anderson (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
  • Amy Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Amy Anderson (golfer) LPGA professional golfer
    • Amy Anderson (comedian), American comedian
  • Andrade Antunes Anderson (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
  • Andrew Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Andy Anderson (1951–2019), English drummer
  • Anna Anderson (1896–1984), impostor who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
  • Anne Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Anna Lisa Andersson (1873–1958), Swedish reporter
  • Anthony Anderson, American actor
  • Anton Anderson (1892–1960), American engineer and mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
  • Arnold Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Axel Anderson (1929–2012), German actor

B[]

  • Benjamin Anderson (1886–1949), American economist
  • Ben Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Benedict Anderson (1936–2015), American social scientist and professor
  • Bertram Anderson (c.1505–71) English politician and MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  • Bill Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Bill Anderson (producer) (1911–1997), American film and television producer
    • Bill Anderson (singer) (born 1937), American country singer, songwriter, and record producer
  • Bob Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Bob Anderson (runner) (born 1947), American runner
  • Brad Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Brad Anderson (cartoonist) (1924–2015), American cartoonist
    • Brad Anderson (director) (born 1964), American film and television director
  • Brady Anderson (born 1964), American baseball player
  • Brent F. Anderson (1932–2013), American politician
  • Brett Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Brian Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Brittny Anderson, Canadian politician
  • Brooke Anderson, American television personality, co-host of The Insider
  • Bryan Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bud Anderson, American aviator and flying ace

C[]

D[]

  • Daphne Anderson (1922–2013), British actor
  • Dale Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Dane Anderson, Australian cricket player
  • Darius Anderson (born 1997), American football player
  • David Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • David Leroy Anderson, film makeup artist
    • David Anderson (1821–1909), Governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
    • David Murray Anderson (1874–1936), Governor of Newfoundland and New South Wales
  • Dennis Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Dennis Anderson (born 1960), American monster truck driver
  • Derek Anderson (disambiguation), several people
  • Des Anderson (born 1940), Northern Irish footballer
  • Dres Anderson (born 1992), American football player

E[]

F[]

G[]

  • Galusha Anderson, American theologian
  • Garret Anderson, American baseball player
  • Gary Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Gary Anderson (darts player), Premier League 2011 Champion darts player
    • Gary Anderson (F1 designer), Northern Irish former Formula One racing car designer
  • Gene (Eugene) Avon Anderson (1939–1991), American professional wrestler
  • George Frederick Anderson, British musician and Master of the Queen's Music
  • George W. Anderson, Jr., U.S. Naval officer, admiral, and the Chief of Naval Operations during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Geraint Anderson, British analyst and columnist
  • Gerald Anderson, Filipino celebrity
  • Gerry Anderson, British television producer and puppeteer
  • Gillian Anderson (born 1968), American actress
  • Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player

H[]

I[]

  • Ian Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Ian Anderson (musician) (born 1947), British singer, songwriter and flautist, with Jethro Tull
    • Ian A. Anderson, folk musician and editor of "fRoots" magazine
  • Ijah Anderson (born 1975), English footballer
  • Ivie Anderson (1904–1949), American jazz singer

J[]

  • Jace Anderson, American scriptwriter
  • Jade Anderson, English singer-songwriter
  • Jack Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • James Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • James Hampton Anderson, American engineer
  • Jane Anderson (born 1954), American actress, screenwriter and director
  • Janet Anderson Perkin (1921–2012), Canadian baseball player and curler
  • Jared Anderson (boxer), American boxer
  • Jason Anderson (American football), baseball player
  • Jeff Anderson, American actor
  • Jeffrey Anderson (radio producer) (1928–2014), Canadian music critic, journalist, and television and radio producer
  • Jerald C. Anderson (1934–2014), American dentist and politician
  • Jerime Anderson (born 1989), American basketball player
  • Jesse Anderson, American murderer
  • Jesse Anderson (musician) (1940–2014), American blues singer-songwriter and musician
  • Jessica Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Jessie Anderson (The Walking Dead), fictional character
  • Jodi Anderson (born 1957), American heptathlete
  • John Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, British civil servant and politician
    • John B. Anderson, U.S. Congressman from Illinois, and a candidate for president in 1980
  • Jon Anderson (born 1944), English musician and singer, with Yes
  • Jonathan Anderson, Irish-bred London fashion designer working as JW Anderson
  • Judith Anderson (1897–1992), Australian film actor

K[]

  • Karen Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Karen Anderson (writer) (1932–2018), American fantasy writer
    • Karen Anderson (athlete) (born 1938), American javelin thrower
  • Karl Anderson (athlete) (1900–1989), American hurdler
  • Kay Anderson (1902–1974), English artist
  • Keith Anderson (born 1968), American country musician
  • Keith Anderson (disambiguation), several people
  • Kenneth Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Ken Anderson (defensive lineman) (1975–2009), American football defensive lineman
    • Ken Anderson (quarterback) (born 1949), American football quarterback
    • Ken Anderson (wrestler) (born 1976), American wrestler known as Mr. Kennedy in WWE and Mr. Anderson in TNA
  • Kevin Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Kevin Anderson (tennis), South African professional tennis player
  • Kip Anderson (1938–2007), American soul blues and R&B singer and songwriter
  • Kyle Anderson (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player

L[]

  • Laurie Anderson (born 1947), American singer and performance artist
  • Lennart Anderson (1928–2015), American painter
  • Leroy Anderson (1908–1975), American composer
  • Linda Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Lindsay Anderson (1923–1994), British film director
  • Liz Anderson (1930–2011), American country music singer
  • Loni Anderson (born 1945), American actress
  • Lorna Anderson, Scottish soprano
  • Lory Anderson (born 1982), Paraguayan actor and presenter
  • Louie Anderson, American comedian
  • Louis Anderson, New Zealand rugby player
  • Louis B. Anderson (1870–1946), American politician
  • Lucy Anderson (1797–1878), English pianist
  • Lynn Anderson (1947–2015), American country music singer

M[]

  • Malcolm Playfair Anderson (1879–1919), American zoologist
  • Marc Anderson, American percussionist
  • Marcia M. Anderson, first African-American woman to attain major general in the US Army Reserve
  • Marian Anderson (1897–1993), American opera singer; first African-American singer at the Metropolitan Opera
  • Margaret Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Margaret Caroline Anderson (1886–1973), American founder, The Little Review
    • Margaret L. Anderson, historian
  • Marge Anderson (1932–2013), American politician
  • Marie Anderson (1916–1996), American journalist
  • Mark Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • Mark Anderson (writer) (born 1967), American journalist and author
    • Mark Anderson (football player), American football player
  • Martin Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Martina Anderson (born 1962), Northern Irish politician
  • Marques Anderson (born 1979), founder of World Education Foundation
  • Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) (1918–2014), American actor
  • Matt Anderson (volleyball) (born 1987) American volleyball player, Member of the United States men's team/ Olympic team
  • Maurice Anderson (American football) (born 1975), American football player
  • Maxie Anderson (1934–1983), American balloonist
  • Melissa Sue Anderson (born 1962), American actor
  • Melody Anderson (born 1955), Canadian-American actor and social worker
  • Merle K. Anderson (1904–1982), American politician and farmer
  • Michael Anderson (disambiguation)
  • Michelle Anderson (born 1967), American President of Brooklyn College, and a scholar on rape law
  • Mignon Anderson (1892–1983), American actress
  • Mignon Holland Anderson (born 1945), American writer
  • Mike Anderson (disambiguation)
  • Miller Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Moses Anderson (1928–2013), American Roman Catholic bishop

N[]

O[]

  • Oskar Johann Viktor Anderson (1887–1960), Russian-German statistician
  • Ottis Anderson (born 1957; also known as O. J. Anderson), American football player

P[]

  • Pamela Anderson (born 1967), Canadian-American model and actor
  • Pamela Sue Anderson, English philosopher
  • Paul Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Perry Anderson (born 1938), British historian and essayist
  • Pete D. Anderson (1931–2013), American jockey and Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
  • Peter Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Philip Warren Anderson (1923–2020), American theoretical physicist, the 1977 Nobel laureate in Physics
  • Phyllis Margery Anderson (1901–1957), Australian pathologist
  • Poul Anderson (1926–2001), American science fiction author

R[]

S[]

  • Sam Anderson (rugby league) (born 1991), Australian Rugby League player
  • Samuel Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sari Anderson (born 1978), American multisport and endurance athlete
  • Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941), American writer
  • Siwan Anderson, Canadian economist and professor
  • Sonia Anderson (1944–2020), British archivist
  • Sonny Anderson (born 1970), Brazilian footballer
  • Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823–1903), French-born British artist
  • Sparky Anderson (1934–2010), American baseball manager
  • Stan Anderson (born 1933), English footballer
  • Stephen R. Anderson (born 1943) American linguist
  • Stephen Wayne Anderson (1953–2002), executed murderer of Elizabeth Lyman
  • Steve Anderson (athlete) (1906–1988), American athlete
  • Steven Anderson (pastor) (born 1981), American preacher
  • Sunshine Anderson (born 1974), American R&B and soul singer and songwriter
  • Sylvia Anderson (1927–2016), English television and film producer, co-creator of TV series with Gerry Anderson

T[]

  • Teyona Anderson fashion model
  • Terry Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Theodore Wilbur Anderson (1918–2016), American statistician, co-inventor of the Anderson–Darling test
  • Thomas Anderson (disambiguation)
  • Tim Anderson (disambiguation)
  • Tom Anderson (born 1970), American co-founder of the social networking website Myspace
  • Thomas A. Anderson, birthname of fictional character Neo (The Matrix)

V[]

W[]

  • Warren Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Wayne Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Wayne D. Anderson (1930–2013), American college sports coach
  • Wendell Anderson (1933–2016), Minnesota politician
  • Wes Anderson, film director
  • William Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
    • William Anderson (Bishop of Salisbury) (1882–1972), Anglican Bishop of Croydon, of Portsmouth and of Salisbury
    • William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader in the American Civil War

Family[]

  • Anderson family, a group of American professional wrestlers who are billed as relatives:
    • Gene Anderson (1933–1991), fictional brother
    • Lars Anderson (born 1939, real name Lawrence Heinemi), fictional brother
    • Ole Anderson (born 1942, real name Alan Rogowski), fictional brother
    • Arn Anderson (born 1958, real name Martin Lunde), fictional cousin
    • Brad Anderson (wrestler) (born 1969), real-life son of Gene
    • Bryant Anderson, born 1970 as Brian Rogowski, real-life son of Ole
    • C.W. Anderson (born 1971; real name Chris Wright), relationship undetermined but billed as a part of the "family"
    • Karl Anderson (born 1980; real name Chad Allegra), relationship undetermined but billed as a part of the "family"
    • Brock Anderson (born 1997; real name Brock Lunde), real-life son of Arn

Fictional characters[]

  • Major Anderson, character in the Ender's Game series.
  • Sgt. Zeke Anderson, character in the TV series Tour of Duty
  • Sgt. Suzanne Anderson, star of in the TV series Police Woman
  • Thomas A. Anderson, birth name of fictional character Neo (The Matrix)
  • Mike Anderson, protagonist of the Nintendo video games Battle Clash and Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
  • Judge Anderson, character from Judge Dredd
  • Alexander Anderson (Hellsing), character in the Japanese anime/manga series
  • Amy Anderson, the name briefly used by Sailor Moon character Ami Mizuno
  • Mr. Anderson (Beavis and Butt-head), neighbor from Beavis and Butthead
  • Jesse Andersen, character from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
  • Trent Anderson, character from Dan Brown's novel The Lost Symbol
  • Blaine Anderson, character from Glee
  • Dru Anderson, character from the book series Strange Angels
  • Andersson, fictional family, featuring several of the main characters in the Sune (book series)
  • Riley Anderson, a character from the animated movie Inside Out (2015 film)
  • Kai Anderson and Winter Anderson, related characters from American Horror Story: Cult
  • Hank Anderson, a main character from the video game Detroit: Become Human
  • Captain David Anderson, a main character from the Mass Effect series
  • Abigail "Abby" Anderson, one of the main protagonists of The Last of Us Part II

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Anderson Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
  2. ^ Efternamn, topp 100 - Statistics Sweden
  3. ^ Statistics Norway
  4. ^ [1] Statistics Denmark
  5. ^ Lehrke, G.: Wie einst Lili Marleen—Das Leben der Lale Andersen, Henschel Verlag, 2002; ISBN 978-3-89487-429-2. In German.
  6. ^ United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 4 July 2008.
  7. ^ "Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000 - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on 21 December 2009.
  8. ^ CBC News In Depth: Common surnames
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