Frequency: (179)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Americanized form of Sandvig, Sandvik.
2. Probably a habitational name from any of the many places so called in Orkney and Shetland, or one in Cumbria, England.
GIVEN NAME Scandinavian 7%. Thor.
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