The Sandhu surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,190 people carried this name — #4,900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,000 people counted. That is up 67% from 4,298 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Sandhu surname

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸੰਧੂ (sandhū).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sandhu» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

72 people named Sandhu live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 17
Bern 15
Basel-Landschaft 8
Vaud 8
Basel-Stadt 6
Schwyz 5
Geneva 4
Fribourg 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Poland’s population register

27 people named Sandhu have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 128 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Masovian 7
Lower Silesian 5
Silesian 5
Subcarpathian 4
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 2
Lubusz 2
Podlaskie 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 23 people named Sandhu live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 6
East Flanders 6
Limburg 6
West Flanders 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

135 people named Sandhu are counted in Sweden and Finland.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 88
Finland (2026) 47

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Sandhu in American newspapers,
1895–1924.

Newspaper page from The Jamesburg Record carrying the name Sandhu
The Jamesburg Record 1895-05-11
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Sandhu
The Washington Daily News 1924-03-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 88 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sandhu,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Satwant Kaur Sandhu d. 2021
  • Satwant Kaur Sandhu d. 2020
  • Khalid Rashid Sandhu 1942–2025 · community leader
  • Manveen Sandhu 1962–2009 · author

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sandhu,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States5 records

5 records of the Sandhu name in the United States U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955
  1. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Charan S. Sandhu

    Born 1904 in India. Entered the United States at New York in 1948. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  2. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Harnam S. Sandhu

    Born 1875 in India. Registered as a foreign national in Fresno County, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Lucille M. Sandhu

    Born 1917 in British West Indies. Registered as a foreign national in Tulare County, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Sandhu in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Sandhu name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Hardial Sandhu

    Buried in 1991 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 1 of 3 records for Sandhu in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Sandhu name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Jogindarpal Singh Sandhu

    Engineer of Glen Iris, Victoria; died 1993.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Sandhu name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jagdish Singh Sandhu

    Born 1955 in India; died 1997 in Le Coudray (Eure-et-Loir).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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