Sandes Surname
Approximately 9,340 people bear this surname
Sandes Surname Definition:
Except in an isolated instance where this name was substituted for Shaughnessy, it is that of a family of English origin (derived from the word sand) which settled in Co. Kerry in the late sixteenth century.
The spelling Sands is now the most usual, but this is found mainly in Ulster, where families so called are for the most part immigrants of a later date.
Read More About This SurnameSandes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 6,404 | 1:33,428 | 1,404 |
| Argentina | 1,536 | 1:27,828 | 2,333 |
| Uruguay | 517 | 1:6,638 | 736 |
| United States | 144 | 1:2,517,076 | 153,460 |
| Indonesia | 140 | 1:944,637 | 69,875 |
| India | 132 | 1:5,811,101 | 137,947 |
| Spain | 89 | 1:525,304 | 25,940 |
| England | 59 | 1:944,374 | 47,923 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Mexico | 34 | 1:3,650,771 | 25,133 |
| Venezuela | 32 | 1:943,877 | 14,561 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 1:161,726 | 18,041 |
| Ireland | 26 | 1:181,113 | 7,791 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Paraguay | 22 | 1:328,943 | 5,083 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 82 | 1:54,023 | 4,415 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:392,104 | 12,338 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 130 | 1:386,298 | 28,876 |
The alternate forms: Sándes (1) are calculated separately.
Sandes (10,286) may also be a first name.
Sandes Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Except in an isolated instance where this name was substituted for Shaughnessy, it is that of a family of English origin (derived from the word sand) which settled in Co. Kerry in the late sixteenth century.
The spelling Sands is now the most usual, but this is found mainly in Ulster, where families so called are for the most part immigrants of a later date. SIF 133
Sandes Demographics
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Sandes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sandes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sandes (Bengali: সন্দেস, Hindi: सन्देस, Marathi: संदेस) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Sándes. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sandes.
How Common Is The Last Name Sandes? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 54,471st most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 780,251 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Sandes live; 91 percent live in South America and 69 percent live in Luso-South America. Sandes is also the 60,111th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 10,286 people.
Sandes is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 6,404 people, or 1 in 33,428. In Brazil it is most common in: São Paulo, where 19 percent live, Bahia, where 16 percent live and Maranhão, where 12 percent live. Excluding Brazil it is found in 40 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 16 percent live and Uruguay, where 6 percent live.
Sandes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sandes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sandes surname grew 111 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 421 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 68 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sandes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Sandes last name is predominantly Anglican (57%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Sandes surname are 24.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 77.27% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sandes earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.36% less than the national average, earning R 129,852 per year; in United States they earn 7.34% less than the national average, earning $39,983 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.25% more than the national average, earning $61,234 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sandes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sandes in the Bengali language | ||
| সন্দেস | sandesa | - |
| Sandes in the Marathi language | ||
| संदेस | sandesa | 66.67 |
| संदेश | sandesa | 33.33 |
| Sandes in the Hindi language | ||
| सन्देस | sandesa | 50 |
| संदेस | sandesa | 40.91 |
| सन्देश | sandesa | 4.55 |
| सनदेस | sanadesa | 4.55 |
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Sandes Reference & Research
Sands DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Sands FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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