{"id":331,"date":"2022-09-15T23:19:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T23:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/?p=331"},"modified":"2024-02-02T18:52:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T18:52:54","slug":"anderson-surname-in-black-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exploreblackheritage.com\/anderson-surname-in-black-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson As An African American Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2010 U.S. Census recorded 148,488 black Americans with Anderson as their last name. That represented 19% of the total of 784,404 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article compares census numbers before and after the Civil War. We also look at historic African American people named Anderson in the last three centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We end with a review of early records of black military service in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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