How common is the surname Sand?

4,810 people in the United States had the surname Sand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,188 Americans. It ranked 6,974th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sand?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sand?

José Sand, Argentine footballer, followed by Shauna Sand.

Where is the surname Sand most common?

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

Is the surname Sand getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,810 in 2010, down 6.8%.

The surname Sand

A surname, carried by 4,810 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sand is more common than 95.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,810 people named Sand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,188 Americans. That is down 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,162.

#6,974

rank among US surnames

4,810

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-6.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,120)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,969	Neighbors	4,814	64,135
#6,971	Dones	4,813	64,148
#6,973	McComas	4,812	64,162
#6,974	Sand	4,810	64,188
#6,976	Pettway	4,807	64,228

Who is named Sand

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

91% of people named Sand identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sands

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

José Sand
Argentine footballer, born 1980
Shauna Sand
American actress and model, born 1971
Rob Sand
American lawyer and politician and Governor-elect of Iowa (born 1982)
Paul Sand
American stage actor (born 1935)

Notable Sands come mostly from the United States (3) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sand

Sand has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

Questions

How common is the surname Sand?: 4,810 people in the United States had the surname Sand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,188 Americans. It ranked 6,974th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sand?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sand?: José Sand, Argentine footballer, followed by Shauna Sand.
Where is the surname Sand most common?: Wikidata records people named Sand in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Sand getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,810 in 2010, down 6.8%.