# Sandy (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,826 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,914 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 52,994 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (5,663 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sandy 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sandy in Bolivia and the United States.

## People named Sandy

- Marco Sandy, Bolivian footballer
- Gary Sandy, actor

## Similar surnames

Sand, Sunday, Snoddy, Sande, Sant, Santoyo, Sandhu, Shand, Smith, Schmidt, Schmitt, Sneed.

## 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.