Meaning of the nameSandoval

Male
Spanish origin
San-do-val

Sandoval is a male name identical to the Spanish surname and place name, from the old Sannoval, formed from Latin saltus, 'woodland', and novalis, 'newly cleared land'.

Meaning

“from Latin saltus, 'woodland', and novalis, 'newly cleared land'”

Source: Wiktionary: Sandoval (Spanish)

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People (2022): 8,883
Rank in Brazil: #1,858
Median age: 52 years
2010 Census: 11,033; people

Sandoval in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Sandoval, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (2,271 people).

23 women 8,860 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Sandoval is most common

States with the highest share of people named Sandoval in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.011%
Paraíba 0.011%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.010%
Pará 0.010%
Tocantins 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	1,592	0.011%
São Paulo	1,249	0.003%
Pará	802	0.010%
Pernambuco	787	0.009%
Minas Gerais	604	0.003%
Goiás	510	0.007%
Paraíba	436	0.011%
Maranhão	355	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	344	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	336	0.002%
Alagoas	260	0.008%
Ceará	257	0.003%
Amazonas	193	0.005%
Tocantins	136	0.009%
Distrito Federal	135	0.005%
Sergipe	133	0.006%
Mato Grosso	118	0.003%
Paraná	106	0.001%
Piauí	82	0.003%
Espírito Santo	79	0.002%
Amapá	79	0.011%
Santa Catarina	68	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	61	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	59	0.002%
Rondônia	52	0.003%
Roraima	26	0.004%
Acre	24	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Sandoval

Wiktionary records Sandoval as the name of a town in the province of Burgos, in Spain, and as a Spanish surname that comes from that town. The name comes from Old Spanish Sannoval, from Latin saltus, 'woodland', and novalis, 'newly cleared land'. In Brazil, the same spelling is used as a first name, almost always male. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,883 people named Sandoval, with a median age of 52. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Sandoval (Spanish) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sandoval · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Sandoval

What does the name Sandoval mean?

Sandoval means “from Latin saltus, 'woodland', and novalis, 'newly cleared land'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Sandoval in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,883 people with the first name Sandoval, which ranks it number 1,858 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Sandoval a boy's or a girl's name?

Sandoval is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 23 women and 8,860 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Sandoval?

Sandoval is a name of Spanish origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Sandoval most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.011% of the state's population is named Sandoval (1,592 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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