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Sand Surname Meaning

English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived on or near a patch of sandy soil from the vocabulary word sand (German Sand). As a Swedish name it was often purely ornamental and as a Jewish artificial. It is also found in France.

English: habitational name from a place such as Send (Surrey) or Sound (Cheshire) named with Middle English sand, sond ‘sand’.

French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine): topographic name of German origin or, in some cases, a derivative of the ancient Germanic personal name Sando based on the element sand ‘true, just’.

Dutch (also Van de Sand): habitational name for someone from any of various minor places called with Dutch zand ‘sand’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Sand families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Sand family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Sand families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 29 Sand families living in Yorkshire. This was about 19% of all the recorded Sand's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Sand families in 1891.
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What did your Sand ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Sand. 86% of Sand women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    86%
  • Private Means
    8%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    8%

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Passenger Lists

There are 10,000 immigration records available for the last name Sand. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 10,000 military records available for the last name Sand. For the veterans among your Sand ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Sand lifespan?

Between 1941 and 2004, in the United States, Sand life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1951, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Sand in 1941 was 37, and 79 in 2004.

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