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Throughout the world, ساندوفال (Sandoval , ساندوفال) is a common masculine forename. The first name ساندوفال is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Brazil, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Guatemala, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and El Salvador, where it is quite a rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Brazil, Guatemala, and the United States. Much more frequently, ساندوفال is the last name as well as the forename.
ساندوفال is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sandoval , the operatic character in the opera Le duc d'Albe by Gaetano Donizetti; captain of the Spanish troops.