# Sandiford (surname)

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

A 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) | 1,185 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,912 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 260,545 people |
| Change since 2000 | +20% (987 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sandefer, Sandefur, Sandifer |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost place in Lancashire or Yorkshire, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”) + ford (“ford”); compare Sandford.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sandiford 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) | 40% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Similar surnames

Sandford, 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.