Sandy is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sandy
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

A parish in Bedforsdshire.

Family name Sandy is variation of the Sandie. The abbreviation of Alexander. Hence the English seem to have formed their ludicrous national designation of Sawney for a Scotsman.

The variation of Sands. One who came from Send meaning "sandy place," in Surrey.

The variant form of Sand. A component syllable of many local surnames, as Sandham, Sandby, Sandcroft, Sandiland. It implies a sandy district.

Sandy is the variation of the Sands. From residence on a sandy tract, whether near the sea or otherwise.

How popular is Sandy?

Sandy is common in Sierra Leone, Indonesia, United States, Egypt, Nigeria, Guinea, England, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, India, Bolivia, Canada, Liberia, Guyana, Tanzania, Ghana, Vanuatu, Peru, Brazil, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Malawi, New Zealand, Mali, Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia, Grenada, South Africa, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, China, Mexico, United Arab Emirates.

Sandy is ranked 8059 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sandy bearers increased by 2.88 per cent in 2010 US census to 5826 since 2000, the surname slipped by 293 spots and ranked at 5914. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.35 80.77
Black 14.61 11.94
Hispanic or Latino 3.76 2.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.09 1.59
Others 1.97 1.64
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.22 1.22
Sandy is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sierra Leone which signifies that it is originated from Sierra Leone. Around 70515 people have been found who wears Sandy as their family name. Sandy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Sandy:
59 Sierra Leone21,018
Countries with thousands of Sandy:
1,719 Indonesia9,657
5,397 United States8,229
1,376 Egypt7,962
3,703 Nigeria3,681
177 Guinea3,622
4,207 England1,764
131 Trinidad and Tobago1,510
2,573 Australia1,463
30,692 India1,180
1,036 Bolivia1,167
Countries with hundreds of Sandy:
4,995 Canada922
706 Liberia757
200 Guyana610
10,430 Tanzania493
5,980 Ghana485
113 Vanuatu472
5,344 Peru431
20,362 Brazil394
15,801 Morocco375
7,441 Sri Lanka292
3,363 Papua New Guinea277
8,693 Malawi261
3,051 New Zealand260
1,556 Mali258
2,198 Dominican Republic254
17,726 Saudi Arabia239
120 Grenada179
29,195 South Africa178
150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines166
578 China157
11,929 Mexico148
7,875 United Arab Emirates106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,307 Singapore94
5,026 Congo89
5,011 Botswana88
24,333 Zimbabwe72
1,905 Hong Kong70
31,082 Uganda68
5,128 Wales55
27,316 Malaysia53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
122,929 Philippines47
11,489 Niger46
105,027 Germany43
2,567 Solomon Islands42
17,052 Sweden40
225,763 Thailand39
2,016 Madagascar36
585 Myanmar36
1,760 New Caledonia36
45,498 Spain32
9,747 Afghanistan31
9,690 Scotland31
15,224 Venezuela30
2,574 Nicaragua29
189,486 France26
4,689 Suriname26
28,607 Israel25
50,051 Belgium22
145,665 DR Congo21
107,269 Argentina19
956 Barbados18
19,343 Iraq16
31,311 Norway16
35,802 Ivory Coast12
7,645 Panama11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
9,341 Northern Ireland10
1,084 Antigua and Barbuda9
5,469 Bahrain9
179 Central African Republic9
4,107 Senegal9
1,601 Saint Lucia8
33,195 Chile7
146,768 Poland7
16,062 Ireland6
199,837 Iran6
48,838 Japan6
55,922 Qatar6
77,571 Switzerland6
2,503 United States Virgin Islands6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 50 years old workwoman Alice Sandy who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on April 5, 1849 by Elsinor put out from Liverpool. Marg. Sandy (16) Maid, Maid Ann Sandy, 11 years old Mary Sandy, Ellen Sandy, aged 25, 26 years old Thomas Sandy, Christian Sandy (27) Maid, John Sandy (6), Emily Sandy, and 2 other Sandy around 57.14% of whom were servant migrated to US.

From Germany

Peter Sandy was 46 years old when he migrated to USA on September 1, 1873. He lived in Germany where he worked as miner and took City Of Antwerp from Liverpool & Queenstown.

Sandy Namesakes

  • Michael Sandy, man from Brooklyn, New York
  • Gary Sandy, American actor
  • Marco Sandy, former Bolivian football defender

Sandy Namesakes

  • Michael Sandy, man from Brooklyn, New York
  • Gary Sandy, American actor
  • Marco Sandy, former Bolivian football defender

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