Sandow Surname

88,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,412 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Sandow Surname Definition:

= Sandhoe, q.v.

This name is, of course, quite distinct from the imported Slavonic Sandow (w as v).

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Sandow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2,6321:10,2661,368
United States1,0201:355,35231,769
Germany7141:112,75313,880
Australia5501:49,0836,116
South Africa1811:299,32428,868
England1481:376,47326,505
Sweden351:281,33619,530
Belgium201:574,83253,219
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Wales181:171,91811,581
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brunei11:418,7313,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1101:221,59416,923
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Sandow (875) may also be a first name.

Sandow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Sandhoe, q.v.

This name is, of course, quite distinct from the imported Slavonic Sandow (w as v).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

SANDHOE: A township in Northumberland, and a place in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

User-submitted Reference

German and Jewish Ashkenazic. A habitational name for a place in Germany called Sandow, situated near brandenburg.

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(German and western Ashkenazic Jewish) It is a habitational surname from a place near Stendal called Sandau.

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Sandow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sandow occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sandow is the 88,733rd most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,346,553 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Sandow reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sandow is also the 274,985th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 875 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is carried by 2,632 people, or 1 in 10,266. Apart from Ghana it exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Germany, where 13 percent are found.

Sandow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sandow has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 2,267 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 135 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sandow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sandow surname is primarily Methodist (82%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sandow last name are 12.74% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.51% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sandow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 31.73% more than the national average, earning R 313,032 per year; in United States they earn 26.61% more than the national average, earning $54,629 USD per year and in Canada they earn 120.15% more than the national average, earning $109,376 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sandows9236/
Sandowa927/
Sandhow923/
Shandow922/
Saindow920/
Scandow920/
Sandhowe8625/
Schandow8617/
Sandov83791/
Candow83474/
Sandaw8346/
Sandof8338/
Jandow8314/
Sondow839/
Samdow831/
Zandow830/
Sandova771,044/
Shandov77122/
Sandhof7795/
Sondowe7768/
Sandoff7731/
Shendow7729/
Sandawe7724/
Sandoub774/
Sandovs773/
Sa'ndov771/
Chandow771/
Shandaw770/
Sandhoff71401/
Shandova71125/
Sandhofe7123/
Shandoff7114/
Shandouf711/
Sandahwe711/
Shandoub711/
Sandav67685/
Sandab67452/
Sondov6752/
Jandov6752/
Zandov6726/
Jandaw6711/
Samdov678/
Samdof676/
Šandov676/
Candov674/
Sandaf673/
Sondof672/
Samdaw671/
Condow671/
Sanduv671/
Sanduf671/
Jamdow671/

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