Snake Surname
Approximately 663 people bear this surname
Snake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 131 | 1:117,849 | 15,993 |
| Canada | 68 | 1:541,847 | 45,466 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Snake (449) may also be a first name.
Snake Demographics
Average Male Snake Height
175.19 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Snake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Snake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Snake (Arabic: سنيك, Russian: Снаке) is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Snake? popularity and diffusion
Snake is the 497,277th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,991,774 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Snake are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Snake is also the 403,949th most numerous first name globally, held by 449 people.
The last name Snake is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 418 people, or 1 in 40,955. Other than Malawi it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.
Snake Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Snake has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name declined 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Snake Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Snake earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.15% less than the national average, earning R 87,564 per year and in Canada they earn 11.79% less than the national average, earning $43,827 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Snake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Snake in the Russian language | ||
| Снаке | snake | - |
| Snake in the Arabic language | ||
| سنيك | snyk | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Snake
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