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The sando Surname

sando Name Meaning and History

  1. Norwegian (Sandø): older form of Sandøy, a habitational name from any of about fifteen farmsteads so named, from Old Norse Sandey, a compound of sand ‘sand’ + ey ‘island’.
  2. Swedish (Sandö): ornamental adoption of 1.
  3. Japanese: it is unclear whether instances of this name in America are Sando, usually written with characters meaning ‘three doors’, or Sando, written with various characters, possible meanings being ‘three wisteria’ or ‘east of the mountains’. None of these are common in Japan.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The sando name in History

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Distribution of sando Families in the US in 1920
Number of sando families
 22-42
 8-21		 1-7
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 17 - Messages: 38
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Sando, The Rev. John Henry (OBIT PA 11-26-2007) obituary33b 0
ELIAS J. SANDO / LAURELDALE, PA / 1941 harryhoweth 0
Albert Sando Sarah 2
George SANDO marr. Mary RUPP; IL 1850's dk 1
Joe Simon Sando Lorie 0
Obit of Mrs. Alfred (Irene Beatrice Sando)Formo 1908-1960 Claire Grant 0
Obit: Abel Sando NMFireHorse 0
Sarah Sando Kay Rhoad 0
Giuseppe EdithSando 1
Joseph Sando, Lancaster Co., PA kdrhoad 0
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