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    The surname Sandifer

    A surname, carried by 5,786 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S531

    Sandifer: #5,949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sandifer #5,949, 5,786 people Sandifer: #5,949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sandifer #5,949, 5,786 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sandifer is more common than 96.3% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Sandiford.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,786 people named Sandifer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,361 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,327.

    #5,949
    rank among US surnames
    5,786
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,950)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,946Darrow5,79153,315
    #5,947McGriff5,78953,333
    #5,948Tyrrell5,78853,342
    #5,949Sandifer5,78653,361

    Who is named Sandifer

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

    60% of people named Sandifer identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sandifer

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sandifer come from?
    Variant of Sandiford.
    How common is the surname Sandifer?
    5,786 people in the United States had the surname Sandifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,361 Americans. It ranked 5,949th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sandifer?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Sandifer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sandifer getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,786 in 2010, up 8.6%.