How common is the surname Sandlin?

8,421 people in the United States had the surname Sandlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,664 Americans. It ranked 4,206th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sandlin?

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, American politician in South Dakota (born 1970), followed by Max Sandlin.

Where is the surname Sandlin most common?

Wikidata records people named Sandlin in the United States.

Is the surname Sandlin getting more or less common?

More common. 8,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,421 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Sandlin

A surname, carried by 8,421 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sandlin is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,421 people named Sandlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,664 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,245.

#4,206

rank among US surnames

8,421

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,951)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,197	Purnell	8,441	36,577
#4,199	Hylton	8,440	36,581
#4,200	Begley	8,435	36,603
#4,201	Macedo	8,433	36,612
#4,203	Baeza	8,432	36,616
#4,204	Seidel	8,430	36,625
#4,205	Snipes	8,428	36,633

Who is named Sandlin

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

92% of people named Sandlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sandlins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
American politician in South Dakota (born 1970)
Max Sandlin
American politician (born 1952)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sandlin

Sandlin has the Soundex code S534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S534.

Questions

How common is the surname Sandlin?: 8,421 people in the United States had the surname Sandlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,664 Americans. It ranked 4,206th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sandlin?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sandlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sandlin?: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, American politician in South Dakota (born 1970), followed by Max Sandlin.
Where is the surname Sandlin most common?: Wikidata records people named Sandlin in the United States.
Is the surname Sandlin getting more or less common?: More common. 8,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,421 in 2010, up 2.1%.