Anderson

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.dɚ.sən/

• (surname): Enderson.

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

Anderson (countable and uncountable, plural Andersons)

1. (countable) A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
2. (countable) A male given name
3. A placename
   1. 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.
   2. 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.
   3. A river in Indiana, United States; flowing 80 km from near Eckerty into the Ohio at Troy.
   4. A locality in Victoria, Australia; named for early settlers Samuel, Hugh and Thomas Anderson.
   5. A locale in the United States.
      1. A city, the county seat of Madison County, Indiana; named for Lenape Chief William Anderson.
      2. A city, the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina; 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 census-designated place in New Jersey.
      6. A town in Lauderdale County, Alabama; named for local gristmill operator Samuel Anderson.
      7. A city in Alaska; named for homesteader Arthur Anderson.
      8. A town, the county seat of Grimes County, Texas; named for Kenneth Lewis Anderson, 4th Vice President of the Republic of Texas.
      9. An unincorporated community in Etowah County, Alabama.
      10. An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
      11. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Illinois.
      12. An unincorporated community in Macoupin County, Illinois.
      13. An unincorporated community in Ohio.
      14. A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
      15. A town in Iron County, Wisconsin.
      16. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
      17. A former settlement in Mendocino County, California; named for early settler Walter Anderson.

• Andison (Scottish surname)

• Andrews

• 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.

• Anders

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

Anderson

1. A small village and civil parish (served by Lower Winterborne Parish Council) in Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY8797).

• Anderson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Naderson, Nardones

Unadapted borrowing from English Anderson

• IPA^(key): /ˈandeɾson/ [ˈãn̪.d̪eɾ.sõn]
• Rhymes: -andeɾson
• Syllabification: An‧der‧son

Anderson m or f by sense

1. a surname from English