How common is the surname Sands?

18,584 people in the United States had the surname Sands in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,614 Americans. It ranked 1,944th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sands?

Bobby Sands, Activist of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (1954-1981), followed by Julian Sands.

Where is the surname Sands most common?

Wikidata records people named Sands in the United States, The Bahamas and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.

Is the surname Sands getting more or less common?

More common. 18,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,584 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Sands

A surname, carried by 18,584 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sands is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,584 people named Sands in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,614 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,430.

#1,944

rank among US surnames

18,584

people in 2010

6.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,787)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,935	Peoples	18,672	16,535
#1,936	Waite	18,664	16,542
#1,937	Beyer	18,641	16,563
#1,938	Desai	18,638	16,565
#1,939	Banuelos	18,636	16,567
#1,940	Spangler	18,622	16,580
#1,941	Mondragon	18,620	16,581

Who is named Sands

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

80% of people named Sands identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sandss

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bobby Sands
Activist of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (1954-1981)
Julian Sands
British actor (1958-2023)
Leevan Sands
Bahamian triple jumper, born 1981
Stark Sands
American actor, born 1978
Charles Sands
American golfer, tennis and real tennis player (1865–1945)
James Sands
American soccer player, born 2000
Tommy Sands
American pop music singer and actor, born 1937
Doris Sands Johnson
Bahamian teacher, suffragette, and politician, 1921–1983
Matthew Sands
American accelerator physicist (1919–2014)
Diana Sands
American actress (1934–1973)
Ethel Sands
American-born British artist, socialite, patron (1873–1962)
Shamar Sands
Bahamian athletics competitor (born 1985)

Notable Sandss come mostly from the United States (9), The Bahamas (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sands

Sands has the Soundex code S532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S532.

Questions

How common is the surname Sands?: 18,584 people in the United States had the surname Sands in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,614 Americans. It ranked 1,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sands?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Sands identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sands?: Bobby Sands, Activist of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (1954-1981), followed by Julian Sands.
Where is the surname Sands most common?: Wikidata records people named Sands in the United States, The Bahamas and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
Is the surname Sands getting more or less common?: More common. 18,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,584 in 2010, up 0.8%.