Sands Family History
Sands Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: variant of Sand
1.Scottish: habitational name from Sands in Tulliallan in Fife.
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Name Distribution of Sands Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sands families
 154 - 305  52 - 153 |
 1 - 51  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sands families
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188 - 374 63 - 187 |
1 - 62 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sands families
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78 - 153 27 - 77 |
1 - 26 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Sands Family Origin
Sands Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Sands
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Sands Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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