Explore the Family Name Sandt

The meaning of Sandt

German and Dutch: variant of Sand. Some characteristic forenames: German Bernd, Erna, Ingo, Kurt.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Sandt in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname "Sandt" slightly dipped in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 26,968th most common surname in the United States. By 2010, it had dropped somewhat to the 27,002nd spot, marking a change of -0.13 percent. Despite this small fall in rank, the actual number of people with the Sandt surname increased by 6.15 percent during the same period – from 846 individuals in 2000 to 898 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw a minor decrease of -3.23 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,968	#27,002	-0.13%
Count	846	898	6.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.31	0.3	-3.23%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sandt

The ethnic identity associated with the Sandt surname also experienced some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, the vast majority (96.81 percent) of individuals with the Sandt surname identified as White, which slightly decreased to 95.10 percent in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those reporting two or more races also decreased over the decade. However, there was a notable increase in the percent of individuals identifying as Hispanic – from 0.71 percent in 2000 to 2.23 percent in 2010. There were no reported instances of individuals with the Sandt surname identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.81%	95.1%	-1.77%
Hispanic	0.71%	2.23%	214.08%
Two or More Races	1.54%	1.22%	-20.78%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.95%	0.67%	-29.47%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%