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    The surname Sandford

    An English place surname, carried by 2,234 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈsænd.fəd/ 2 syllables Soundex S531

    Sandford: #13,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sandford #13,572, 2,234 people Sandford: #13,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sandford #13,572, 2,234 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sandford is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Sandford is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,234 people named Sandford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,203 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,244.

    #13,572
    rank among US surnames
    2,234
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,650)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,564Trang2,236138,079
    #13,569Umberger2,235138,141
    #13,572Boler2,234138,203
    #13,578Hosler2,233138,265

    Who is named Sandford

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

    77% of people named Sandford identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sandfords

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tiny Sandford
      American actor (1894-1961)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Sandford

    Sandford has the Soundex code S531, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S531.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sandford come from?
    From Old English sand (“sand”) + ford (“ford”).
    How common is the surname Sandford?
    2,234 people in the United States had the surname Sandford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,203 Americans. It ranked 13,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sandford?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Sandford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sandford?
    Tiny Sandford, American actor (1894-1961).
    Where is the surname Sandford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sandford in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Sandford?
    Sandford is /ˈsænd.fəd/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Sandford?
    Sandford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Sandford getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,234 in 2010, down 0.4%.
    What are other spellings of Sandford?
    Samford, Sampford and Sanford.