Anderson

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæn.dɚ.sən/

Etymology 1

Middle English Anders (“Andrew”) +‎ -son, after Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization of Danish and Norwegian Andersen or Swedish Andersson.

Proper noun

Anderson

1. A Scottish patronymic surname transferred from the given name
2. A river in British Columbia, Canada; flowing from near the Coquihalla Pass into the Fraser River near Boston Bar; named for fur trader James Anderson.
3. A river in the Northwest Territories, Canada; flowing 692 km from Colville Lake into the Beaufort Sea, probably named for fur trader Alexander Caulfield Anderson.
4. A river in Indiana, United States; flowing 80 km from near Eckerty into the Ohio at Troy.
5. A locality in Victoria, Australia; named for early settlers Samuel, Hugh and Thomas Anderson.
6. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city in Indiana; the county seat of Madison County; named for Lenape Chief William Anderson.
   2. A city in South Carolina; the county seat of Anderson County; named for Revolutionary War officer Robert Anderson.
   3. A city in Shasta County, California; named for landowner Elias Anderson.
   4. A city in Missouri; named for local merchant Robert Anderson.
   5. A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
   6. A census-designated place in New Jersey.
   7. A town in Lauderdale County, Alabama; named for local gristmill operator Samuel Anderson.
   8. A city in Alaska; named for homesteader Arthur Anderson.
   9. A town in Texas; the county seat of Grimes County; named for Kenneth Lewis Anderson, 4th Vice President of the Republic of Texas.
   10. A town in Iron County, Wisconsin.
   11. An unincorporated community in Etowah County, Alabama.
   12. An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
   13. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois.
   14. An unincorporated community in Macoupin County, Illinois.
   15. An unincorporated community in Ohio.
   16. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
   17. A former settlement in Mendocino County, California; named for early settler Walter Anderson.

Alternative forms

• Andison (Scottish surname)

Derived terms

• Anderson County
• andersonite

Related terms

• Andrews

Translations

surname meaning "son of Andrew"

• Armenian: Անդրեասյան (Andreasyan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安德森 (āndésēn)

• Danish: Andersen
• Greek: Ανδρεάδης m (Andreádis), Ανδρέου (Andréou), Ανδρεόπουλος (el) m (Andreópoulos)
• Norwegian: Andersen (no)
• Polish: Andrzejewicz
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• Romanian: Andreescu (ro)
• Russian: Андре́ев (ru) m (Andréjev)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Андријашевић, Андровић, Андрејић, Андић

  Roman: Andrijašević, Andrović, Andrejić, Andrić

• Swedish: Andersson (sv)

river in Northwest Territories

• Inuktitut: Kuuk
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Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Anderson is the 15^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 784,404 individuals. Anderson is most common among White (75.2%) and Black/African American (18.9%) individuals.

Etymology 2

From earlier Anderston, from Middle English Andreuston, equivalent to Andrew +‎ -s- +‎ -ton.

Proper noun

Anderson

1. A village in Dorset, England.

See also

• Anderson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Nardones