Bender Family History
Bender Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a cooper, a short form of
Fassbender.English: from an agent derivative of Old
English bendan ‘to bend (the bow)’, hence probably a metonymic
occupational name for an archer. Compare Benbow.Hungarian: from bender ‘curl’, hence a nickname for someone
with curly hair.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bender Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bender families
 573 - 1,143  192 - 572 |
 1 - 191  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bender families
|
79 - 155 27 - 78 |
1 - 26 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bender families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bender Family Origin
Bender Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bender
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Bender Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bender census records
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