Shands
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English
Etymology 1
Two possible origins:
- Variant of Scottish Shand, with the English patronymic suffix -s.
- Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Schantz.
Proper noun
Shands (countable and uncountable, plural Shandses)
- A surname.
- A ghost town in Nevada County, California, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Shands is the 19398th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1393 individuals. Shands is most common among White (53.12%) and Black/African American (41.64%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shands”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Shands