Shands

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)

1. A surname.
2. A ghost town in Nevada County, California, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shands is the 19398^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Shands

1. plural of Shand