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The Sandoz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 866 people carried this name — #27,756 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 888 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Sandoz surname

Swiss-French, from Franco-Provençal.

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

605 people named Sandoz live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Neuchâtel.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Neuchâtel 245
Vaud 186
Geneva 59
Fribourg 25
Valais 18
Zurich 17
Bern 15
Lucerne 9

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 489 people named Sandoz.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Doubs.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Doubs 243
Paris 103
Haute-Saône 15
Territoire de Belfort 13
Bouches-du-Rhône 12
Var 7
Côte-d’Or 7
Rhône 7

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 33 people named Sandoz 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 Santa Fe.

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

Where they live today

Santa Fe 33

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Sandoz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gustave Sandoz
    Gustave Sandoz 1836–1891 · watchmaker
  • Gustave Sandoz
    Gustave Sandoz 1836–1891 · watchmaker
  • Adolf Karol Sandoz
    Adolf Karol Sandoz 1845–1935 · painter
  • Adolf Karol Sandoz
    Adolf Karol Sandoz 1845–1921 · painter
  • Claude François Thomas Sandoz 1756–1804 · military officer
  • E. Sandoz 1758–1818

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

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