# Sandford (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,234 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,572 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 138,203 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.4% (2,244 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsænd.fəd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Samford, Sampford, Sanford |

## Etymology

From Old English sand (“sand”) + ford (“ford”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sandford 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sandford in the United States.

## People named Sandford

- Tiny Sandford, American actor (1894-1961)

## Similar surnames

Sandiford, Sandoval, Sandberg, Sandifer, Sandefur, Sundberg, Santibanez.

## 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.