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    The surname Shands

    A patronymic surname, carried by 1,393 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S532

    Shands: #19,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shands #19,398, 1,393 people Shands: #19,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shands #19,398, 1,393 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shands is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    Two possible origins: * Variant of Scottish Shand, with the English patronymic suffix -s. * Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Schantz.

    Shands is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,393 people named Shands in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,318.

    #19,398
    rank among US surnames
    1,393
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,090)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,390Rifkin1,394221,482
    #19,398Zaborowski1,393221,641

    Who is named Shands

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

    53% of people named Shands identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shands

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shands come from?
    Two possible origins: * Variant of Scottish Shand, with the English patronymic suffix -s. * Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Schantz.
    How common is the surname Shands?
    1,393 people in the United States had the surname Shands in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,641 Americans. It ranked 19,398th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shands?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Shands identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Shands?
    Shands is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Shands getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,318 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,393 in 2010, up 5.7%.