How common is the surname Bandy?

8,582 people in the United States had the surname Bandy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,976 Americans. It ranked 4,133rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Bandy getting more or less common?

More common. 8,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,582 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Bandy

A surname, carried by 8,582 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bandy is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,582 people named Bandy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,976 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,426.

#4,133

rank among US surnames

8,582

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,870)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,124	Garrido	8,605	35,880
#4,125	Spalding	8,601	35,896
#4,126	Deanda	8,600	35,901
#4,127	Calabrese	8,599	35,905
#4,128	Matheny	8,595	35,922
#4,129	Yuan	8,588	35,951
#4,130	Harbin	8,587	35,955

Who is named Bandy

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

80% of people named Bandy identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bandy

Bandy has the Soundex code B530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B530.

Questions

How common is the surname Bandy?: 8,582 people in the United States had the surname Bandy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,976 Americans. It ranked 4,133rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bandy?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Bandy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Bandy getting more or less common?: More common. 8,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,582 in 2010, up 1.9%.