Sandefur Surname

119,944th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,828 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sandefur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandefur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,8091:95,15910,675
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3331:150,80713,975

Sandefur (11) may also be a first name.

Sandefur Last Name Facts

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

Sandefur is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandefur? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sandefur is the 119,944th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,903,748 people. The last name Sandefur is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Sandefur live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 3,809 people, or 1 in 95,159. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 12 percent live, Indiana, where 12 percent live and Kentucky, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States Sandefur exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Sandefur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sandefur has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,144 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sandefur Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sandefur are 21.81% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.58% registered with the political party.

Sandefur earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.31% less than the national average, earning $41,289 USD per year.

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Sandefur Reference & Research

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sandefur
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis