# Shand (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,888 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,503 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 163,530 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,661 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, shortened from McShane.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shand 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) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shand in the United Kingdom.

## People named Shand

- Bruce Shand, British Army officer

## Similar surnames

Sandhu, Sandy, Sand, Sande, Schwandt, Smith, Schmidt, Schmitt, Sneed, Schmid, Snead, Smyth.

## 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.