Sandin / Sandín| Pronunciation | san-deen | 
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| Meaning | ‘sand’ + -in, from Latin -in(i)us meaning ‘descendant of’. | 
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| Region of origin | Sweden (Sandin) Spain (Sandín)
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| Variant form(s) | "Sandino" "Sandinus", "Sendín", | 
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Sandin is a surname of Swedish origin. Sandín also refers to the surname found in Spain and Latin America, particularly (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay).[1][2] The distribution of Spanish births, are most common in Zamora with (33,73%) of people with the surname and it being their first Surname, Madrid (14,45%), Cáceres (9,99%) and Salamanca (8,23%).[3]
Sandin
Frequency and distribution
- Most prevalent in Sweden – 3,399 people.[4]
- Highest density in Sweden – (frequency 1:2,897) 278th most common surname.
| Sandin distribution - 2014[4] | 
| Country | Population | Rank | Ratio | 
|  Sweden | 3,399 | 278 | 1:2,897 | 
|  United States | 1,287 | 26,245 | 1:281,631 | 
|  Spain | 856 | 5,046 | 1:54,617 | 
|  Brazil | 536 | 15,226 | 1:399,392 | 
|  Mexico | 473 | 6,304 | 1:262,423 | 
|  Uruguay | 370 | 1,040 | 1:9,275 | 
|  Malaysia | 344 | 5,997 | 1:85,739 | 
|  Russia | 294 | 45,386 | 1:490,214 | 
|  Argentina | 273 | 13,217 | 1:156,569 | 
Sandín
Frequency and distribution
- Most prevalent in Spain – 22 people.[5]
- Highest density in Uruguay – 35,955th most common surname.
| Sandín - 2014[4] | 
| Country | Population | Rank | Ratio | 
|  Spain | 22 | 54,547 | 1:2,125,093 | 
|  Mexico | 6 | 53,861 | 1:20,687,701 | 
|  Brazil | 2 | 1,031,150 | 1:107,037,166 | 
|  Uruguay | 2 | 35,955 | 1:1,715,879 | 
People
- Åke Sandin, Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s
- Daniel J. Sandin, American video and computer graphics artist/researcher.
- Emil Sandin, professional Swedish ice hockey player
- Erik Sandin,  American drummer of the California punk band, NOFX
- Lennart Sandin  (1919–1991), Swedish bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s
- Max Sandin (1889?–1967)), American anti-war activist
- Ramon Sandin, also known as Guy Sandin, (1970) was a Puerto Rican Olympic diver is now an actor.
- Rasmus Sandin, Swedish ice hockey player
- Sandin Wilson, American  bassist and vocalist from the Pacific Northwest
References