Shand is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shand
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland
Meaning:

Said to be a corruption of De Champ or Deschamps. In Scotland it was anciently written Schand, and latinized Schandaus. It is of course of French origin, though of earlier importation than the Rev. of the Ed. of Nantes, 1685, as asserted in Notes & Qu. Philibert de Shaunde was created Earl of Bath in 1485; but nothing is known of him except that he was a native of Brittany. The name is common in the shires of Aberdeen and Banff.

Shand is a variant form of Lequesne. Provincial French for le chene, the Oak.

The family name is the variant form of Duchesne. Of the oak.

One who came from Chandai, in France.

Shand is variant form of Shaine. The beautiful or handsome person.

Shand is form of Chesnut. The tree-from residence near a remarkable one.

How popular is Shand?

Shand is common in United States, Scotland, England, Australia, Jamaica, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, India.

Shand is ranked 41534 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shands grew by 13.67 per cent to 1888 since 2000 and ranked 15503 after elevating 532 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 61.12 69.11
Black 29.87 23.3
Hispanic or Latino 3.81 2.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.97 1.26
Others 1.96 3.25
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.26 0.36
Shand is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 12574 people have been found who wears Shand as their family name. Shand is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Shand:
16,198 United States2,280
502 Scotland1,964
3,922 England1,917
2,618 Australia1,429
339 Jamaica1,385
4,190 Canada1,142
Countries with hundreds of Shand:
1,146 New Zealand666
11,005 South Africa603
58,661 India483
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
44,995 Iran80
179,534 Thailand57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
27,543 Pakistan48
10,831 Chile44
6,557 Wales40
3,784 Trinidad and Tobago34
14,967 Kuwait29
539 Guernsey29
84,030 Argentina28
15,017 Iraq26
10,313 Singapore26
47,966 Zimbabwe24
11,536 Qatar22
958 Isle of Man19
3,823 Angola16
25,468 Venezuela14
66,436 Belgium14
372,576 Indonesia13
259,941 France13
25,625 United Arab Emirates12
3,937 Costa Rica11
78,311 Netherlands11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
8,518 Panama9
238,248 Philippines7
116,183 Sweden6
1,436 Antigua and Barbuda6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Margt. Shand from Ireland aboard the Asburton from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 22 years old when she arrived in USA on July 3, 1850. Mary Shand (28) Immigrant, Margaret Shand, aged 23, are other Shand that migrated to US.

From Germany

Laborer August Shand and laborer Hans Shand from Germany aboard the Oceanic from Liverpool & Queenstown. August is registered to be 18 years old when he arrived in USA on June 29, 1874.

Shand Namesakes

  • Jimmy Shand, Scottish musician
  • Ron Shand, was Australian actor and comedian
  • Bruce Shand, officer in the British Army
  • Remy Shand, Canadian R&B/soul singer,
  • Mark Shand, British travel writer and conservationist
  • David Shand, Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman

Shand Namesakes

  • Jimmy Shand, Scottish musician
  • Ron Shand, was Australian actor and comedian
  • Bruce Shand, officer in the British Army
  • Remy Shand, Canadian R&B/soul singer,
  • Mark Shand, British travel writer and conservationist
  • David Shand, Canadian retired ice hockey defenceman

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