The Sandor surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,731 people carried this name — #16,575 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 169,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,757 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
93 people named Sandor live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 65 people named Sandor live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Sandor.
Most of them — 37 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
96 people named Sandor is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Sandor in American newspapers,
1862–1899.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,674,003 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sandor,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mathias Sandor 1857–1920 · painter
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Mathias Sandor 1857–1920 · painter
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Josef Sándor 1894–
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Pál Sandor 1896–1945
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Georges Sandor 1906–1997
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George N. Sandor 1912–1996 · mechanical engineer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sandor.
- Sander 9,090 · U.S. census
- Sanders 230,374 · U.S. census
- Sandler 4,583 · U.S. census
- Sandner 459 · U.S. census
- Sandon 216 · U.S. census
- Sandonato 192 · U.S. census
- Sandoval 128,948 · U.S. census
- Sandoz 866 · U.S. census
- Sandra 247 · U.S. census
- Sandras 118 · U.S. census
- Sandre 159 · U.S. census
- Sandres 222 · U.S. census
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