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There are approximately 5,550 people named Sandford in the UK. That makes it the 1,889th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 88 are named Sandford.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Sandford surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) From Sandford, a place in Westmoreland, England--the sand-ford.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SANDFORD. "A family of acknowledged antiquity, whose ancestor ' Thomas' was certainly seated at Sandford in the parish of Prees, co. Salop soon after the Conquest, and which has ever since remained their principal seat." Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men. Parishes in Devon, Somerset, Oxford, &c., are likewise so called.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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