There's an updated version of the FENDER surname at our new website, including better maps and updated information. Click/tap here to go to the new site at BritishSurnames.uk.

FENDER

AbeBooks.com. Thousands of booksellers - millions of books.

There are approximately 1,079 people named Fender in the UK. That makes it the 6,835th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 17 are named Fender.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Feander
Fehnder
Feinder
Faender
Feender
Fander
Fehnders
Feindor
Fandier
Feenders
Feindert
Fanders
Fandar
Fandor
Feandeiro
Fahnders
Faenderl
Fandery
Fandert
Feindiro

The Fender surname in historical dictionaries

FENDER. The O. E. fend signifies to defend, (see Halliwell in roc.) ; a ' Fender' may therefore mean a defender, and this indeed is almost proved by the Le Fendur of the H. R. — An appellation given in commemoration of some remarkable exploit.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Your comments on the Fender surname