The Sandlin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,421 people carried this name — #4,206 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,245 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

46 people named Sandlin is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 46

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).

In print

Sandlin in American newspapers,
1910–1928.

Newspaper page from The Bridgeport Evening Farmer carrying the name Sandlin
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer 1910-06-07
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Sandlin
The Indianapolis Times 1928-02-24
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Sandlin
The Bismarck Tribune 1919-10-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Sandlin in Australian newspapers,
the 1930s.

30 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sandlin. The most, 26, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 8
Western Australia 6
South Australia 5
Tasmania 5
Victoria 3
New South Wales 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sandlin.

Who carried it

People named Sandlin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John N. Sandlin
    John N. Sandlin 1872–1957 · judge
  • Lee Sandlin
    Lee Sandlin 1956–2014 · writer
  • Marquintan Sandlin d. 2016
  • Nicholas J. Sandlin 1832–1896 · lawyer
  • Tommy Sandlin 1944–2006 · ice hockey player
  • Tim Sandlin 1950–2026 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sandlin,
in the records of the United States.

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 States361 records

361 records of the Sandlin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 247
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 102
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph J. Sandlin

    Born 1922 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McClellan; textile mill worker from Morgan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Hartselle, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald Lee Sandlin

    Born 1947; from Pontotoc, Mississippi. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1968 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Robert M. Sandlin

    U.S. Army veteran of the Gulf War. Born 1972, died 1993; buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 361 records for Sandlin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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