as a Last Name
- 237,793
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Henderson
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and northern Irish: patronymic from Hendry, a chiefly Scottish variant of the personal name Henry 1. Some Scottish families with this name have ancestors whose name was Henryson.
| 92nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Hendricks, Hendrix, Hendrickson, Hendrick, Hendershot, Hendry, Hendley, Hendren, Hendon, Hendershott
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 237,793
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Henderson per capita
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