# Sand (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sand/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,810 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,974 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 64,188 people |
| Change since 2000 | -6.8% (5,162 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sand in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sand in the United States and Argentina.

## People named Sand

- José Sand, Argentine footballer
- Shauna Sand, American actress and model
- Rob Sand, American lawyer and politician and Governor-elect of Iowa (born 1982)
- Paul Sand, American stage actor (born 1935)

## Similar surnames

Sandy, Santo, Santa, Santee, Saint, Sande, Santi, Sund, Sant, Sandhu, Shand, Schwandt.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.