Sandiford

English

Alternative forms

• Sandefer, Sandefur, Sandifer

Etymology

Habitational surname from a lost place in Lancashire or Yorkshire, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”) + ford (“ford”); compare Sandford.

Proper noun

Sandiford (plural Sandifords)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sandiford is the 21912^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1185 individuals. Sandiford is most common among Black/African American (49.79%) and White (39.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sandiford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.