Sand Surname

17,633rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Sand Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the sands,' from residence thereby. Middle English sand or sond.

Walter atte Sond, bailiff of Yarmouth, 335: History of Norfolk.

Earl Sondes owns a large estate in Norfolk.

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Sand Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,3621:49,2345,970
Pakistan6,0751:29,4061,471
Norway2,7011:1,904155
Germany2,5601:31,4474,140
Denmark2,0281:2,783229
Egypt1,9221:47,8334,716
Sweden1,5231:6,465593
India1,0021:765,53434,747
France9281:71,5769,987
Canada6861:53,7116,409
Taiwan5861:40,008468
Romania5141:39,0624,981
Argentina3921:109,0399,209
Israel3121:27,4283,983
Brazil3011:711,21026,095
Finland2841:19,3552,752
Cambodia2751:56,3171,916
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Russia1691:852,79968,843
England1051:530,64833,151
Austria1011:84,31112,580
Iran1011:760,22338,762
Netherlands1011:167,20024,400
Switzerland811:101,39410,819
Thailand641:1,103,724164,273
Belgium611:188,47025,041
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Australia521:519,14839,018
Papua New Guinea481:169,86923,574
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Singapore431:128,0865,748
United Arab Emirates421:218,14914,475
Spain401:1,168,80140,601
Philippines361:2,812,173137,318
China331:41,433,9872,228
Costa Rica331:144,8512,103
Mexico291:4,280,21427,059
Poland261:1,461,87585,446
Afghanistan231:1,397,96411,714
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Qatar221:107,18211,536
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Mongolia191:148,6998,761
Ivory Coast181:1,281,73528,562
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
Italy151:4,077,113105,022
Niger141:1,370,85828,349
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Japan131:9,834,17645,186
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Kazakhstan121:1,473,54175,349
Belarus111:863,73365,346
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
Luxembourg51:116,1086,306
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Comoros11:749,524685
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1341:181,90614,990
Scotland181:207,9567,652
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6981:71,9477,730

Sand (4,430) may also be a first name.

Sand Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the sands,' from residence thereby. Middle English sand or sond.

Walter atte Sond, bailiff of Yarmouth, 335: History of Norfolk.

Earl Sondes owns a large estate in Norfolk.

Johannes del Sandes, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas del Sandes, 16 Richard II: Estates and Families of Cumberland, Cumberland.

Paulina atte Sonde, Close Rolls, 12 Henry IV.

Richard atte Sonde, Close Rolls, 8 Henry V.

1589. Henry Sandes, London: Register of the University of Oxford.

163.3. William Sandys and Cicily Steed: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office)j.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Perhaps local. Archibald Sande in Dirleton cited 1566 (RPC., I, p. 444).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

From the lands of Sands in the parish of Tulliallan in Fife, which in 1494 were in possession of Thomas Sands and his mother, Isobel Hudson. John Sands was chaplain at Polkelly in 1487 (RMS., II, 1670), Thomas Sandis of that Ilk was tenant in the quarter lands of Lurg near Culross, 1587 (PSAS., LX, p. 83). Patrick Sands was one of the regents in the University of Edinburgh in 1589 and principal in 1620. Andrew Sandis was treasurer and master of work in Stirling in 1618 and bailie in 1624 (SBR., p. 287,288), and John Sands of that Ilk is in record in 1638 (Stodart, II). Sandis 1629 (Inquis., 49).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) One who came from Send (sandy place), in Surrey.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From residence on a sandy tract, whether near the sea or otherwise.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Danish.) Sense, wit; or it may be from Sand, Sandy, a Scottish abbreviation of Alexander.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The vocable sand is found in composition of many localities, but the surnames Sand, Sands may mean a messenger, one sent; from German tenden, Goth, sandjan, Anglo-Saxon sendan, Franc, et Alam. senten, to send; German sende, missio, dimissio. Hence, doubtless, Sandeman, Sandman, Sentman, and the U.S. name Sendfirst, which may mean a princely messenger, or ambassador. compare the German compounds chur-fürst, elector; vier-fürst, tetrarcha.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Sand Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sand Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sand (Arabic: صاند, Bengali: সান্ড, Hindi: सांड, Marathi: सांड, Oriya: ସାଂଡ, Russian: Санд) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sand click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sand? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 17,633rd most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 232,117 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 36 percent of Sand live; 25 percent live in North America and 25 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 103,539th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 4,430 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 7,362 people, or 1 in 49,234. In The United States it is most common in: Minnesota, where 15 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Washington, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 125 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 19 percent are found and Norway, where 9 percent are found.

Sand Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sand has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sand last name grew 1,055 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 22 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 78 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sand Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland and Orthodox (92%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Sand surname are 9.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.8% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sand earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.71% more than the national average, earning 352,010 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 164.23% more than the national average, earning R 627,900 per year; in United States they earn 5.81% more than the national average, earning $45,658 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.43% more than the national average, earning $49,897 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sands8944,062/
Sandh8918,463/
Shand8912,574/
Sandt892,546/
Saand892,181/
Saund892,010/
Sandø89411/
Saind89222/
Sandz8949/
Sandå8920/
Sahnd8919/
Scand8917/
Sannd8917/
Sandd899/
Samnd897/
Åsand894/
Szand894/
Hsand893/
Seand892/
Siand892/
Sjand891/
Sandì891/
Sandė891/
Satnd891/
Saynd891/
San86713,972/
Shandh8010,945/
Shands801,930/
Sahand80671/
Saundh80370/
Sandås80255/
Schand8090/
Saunds8087/
Sandte8070/
Sanndh8016/
Shaund8014/
Shandt8014/
Sacend8010/
Shaind806/
Håsand804/
Sayned803/
Sained803/
Siandt802/
Scandt802/
Satend802/
Sandsø802/
Sandsh802/
Saunnd801/
Santds801/
Sandcz801/
Sandds801/
Siaand801/
Shannd801/
Sheand801/
Hssand801/
Shahnd801/
Sanddp801/
Saandh801/
Sandss801/
Shaand801/
Sannds800/
Sandth800/
Sang75497,801/
Sane75146,270/
Shan7586,689/
Sain7581,481/
Sant7538,456/
Sean7521,515/
Zand7521,286/
Sian7518,332/
Sann7514,303/
Sanh755,366/
Saan754,635/
Saun754,247/
Hsan752,261/
Sahn752,074/
Sond751,212/
Cand75803/
Sayn75635/
Jand75435/
Sajn75372/
Ssan75336/
Samd75329/
Samn75290/
Sgan75108/
Sanğ7571/
Sjan7550/
Åsan7542/
Szan7528/
Sasn758/
Satn755/
Jsan754/
Saín753/
Xsan753/
Saãd752/
Sanq752/
Sanć751/
Saïn751/
Sandova731,044/
Shahand73143/
Sandová73117/
Sahandz7322/
Shchand7318/
Sangeed739/
Sandowa737/
Siahand737/
Saained736/
Schandt735/
Shhamnd734/
Saseend733/
Sachind732/
Shandch732/
Shhandh731/
Shaundh731/
Shaindh731/
Saahand731/
Sachend731/
Schannd731/
Chand672,040,950/
Shang671,575,319/
Saint67120,305/
Seang6754,433/
Saumd6738,724/
Sahan6735,144/
Samng6732,962/
Sayın6731,834/
Shane6719,722/
Jhand6715,284/
Hssan6714,079/
Saine6713,569/
Sagne6710,580/
Saing679,643/
Sante679,513/
Shain676,087/
Sanne675,904/
Sasin675,638/
Saung675,198/
Shaun674,789/
Shaan674,065/
Seane673,960/
Satin673,476/
Sangh673,261/
Sağın672,934/
Shean672,539/
Jandt672,222/
Sahun671,945/
Samne671,885/
Hsain671,760/
Sasyn671,556/
Shann671,439/
Sasen671,396/
Sound671,319/
Sainh671,248/
Zandt671,164/
Shant671,163/
Sacin671,117/
Sondh671,074/
Santh67876/
Saant67725/
Shanh67597/
Sangy67560/
Schan67554/
Saane67529/
Saçın67524/
Sayne67484/
Sağan67481/
Saunt67470/
Saang67458/
Saune67389/
Sığan67326/
Sants67285/
Saten67253/
Shajn67245/
Hsaan67245/
Sonds67242/
Shayn67235/
Sianh67213/
Samnt67193/
Saßen67189/
Jaind67159/
Sasne67155/
Hsean67155/
Sahyn67146/
Zhand67137/
Seant67134/
Shandova67125/
Saain67120/
Sasín67112/
Shend6798/
Shahn6797/
Jandh6791/
Sahnı6791/
Samdh6787/
Hsian6785/
Jeand6777/
Sanhe6776/
Szank6775/
Ssane6761/
Sainn6750/
Santt6743/
Soond6733/
Scant6732/
Satnt6730/
Szain6730/
Szanc6729/
Hsang6729/
Siaan6728/
Djand6726/
Siant6725/
Satne6725/
Sanqu6723/
Shond6721/
Sondt6721/
Hshan6718/
Shamd6717/
Sangg6716/
Hsaun6715/
Ssain6715/
San H6714/
Zands6713/
Hhsan6713/
Zaind6713/
Siann6713/
Sa'an6712/
Sangc6712/
Sannt6711/
Sajjn6711/
Siayn6711/
Candh6710/
Shamn6710/
Seann679/
Sannehed679/
Satín678/
Zeand678/
Sacen677/
Jands677/
Szann677/
Szajn677/
Zsian677/
Santp676/
Hsasn676/
Cannd676/
Sannø676/
Candd675/
Sanng675/
Zsang675/
Sancz675/
Shhan675/
Sanbp675/
Saymn674/
Samds674/
Saahn674/
Saunn674/
Candt674/
Shsan674/
Hsane674/
Scond674/
Hsayn674/
Jssan673/
Saajn673/
Saimn673/
Shgan673/
Caand673/
Jandd673/
D'San673/
Sonnd672/
Sanzs672/
Sahnt672/
Saihn672/
Saann672/
Jandz672/
Seamn672/
Seind672/
Sgain672/
Szang672/
Sannn672/
Sahın672/
Zamnd672/
Shandová672/
Saßin672/
Sanìn672/
Samdt672/
Sajnh672/
Saatn671/
Sachindh671/
Saisn671/
Sahnh671/
Saamd671/
Saujn671/
Sauyn671/
Sanhg671/
Sanhs671/
Ceand671/
Jsahn671/
H'San671/
Zandp671/
Zaund671/
Sjaan671/
Sjain671/
Seund671/
Ssahn671/
Saanh671/
Sahhn671/
Samÿn671/
Sahýn671/
Jaund671/
Jaand671/
Zannd671/
Åsane671/
Shatn671/
Shanı671/
Shaheend671/
Sjajn671/
Shaïn671/
Shänd671/
Ssajn671/
Ssang671/
Ssant671/
Saimd671/
San Z671/
Sandtová671/
Samhd671/
Sasýn671/
Sannh671/
Sannı671/
Sanñe671/
Sanñn671/
Saïan671/
Saïne671/
Sáant671/
Sășan671/
Sondz671/
Hsann671/
San'g671/
Saaan671/
Sajhn671/
Saumn671/
Sathn671/
Uamsaand671/
Sjhan671/
Xajnd671/
Jshan671/
Hsant671/
Sayng670/
Sahnk670/

Sand Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sand in the Bengali language
সান্ডsanda92.31
সন্দsanda7.69
Sand in the Marathi language
सांडsanda75.12
संदsanda14.35
संडsanda6.7
सडsada2.87
Sand in the Hindi language
सांडsanda31.2
सण्डsanda29.6
संडsanda12.8
सन्दsanda6.4
संदsanda4
सांदsanda4
संदीपsandipa3.2
सन्डsanda3.2
साण्डsanda1.6
सन्तsanta1.6
Sand in the Oriya language
ସାଂଡsanda25
ମନେବାଧmanebadha25
ଆନana25
ଅନାଦିanadi25
Sand in the Russian language
Сандsand-
Sand in the Arabic language
صاندsand-
ساندsand-

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