Snape Surname

67,212th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,407 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Snape Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the snape,' from residence thereby. Most probably a piece of land with soil starved and pinched; from snape, to pine or wither, (2) Local, 'at the snape,' from residence thereby; a spring in arable ground.

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Snape Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,9951:11,1551,650
United States6941:522,27543,598
Australia6591:40,9655,267
Canada2141:172,17617,252
Jamaica1381:20,7971,794
Wales1351:22,9222,433
New Zealand1011:44,8357,402
Scotland931:57,5684,778
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Panama421:93,1493,638
Russia311:4,649,131213,487
Northern Ireland291:63,6224,809
Mexico251:4,965,04829,049
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Israel161:534,85239,210
Isle of Man131:6,6021,513
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
China71:195,331,65210,124
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Gibraltar61:5,659991
France61:11,070,454349,096
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland181:246,10410,726
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7341:8,9161,341
Wales251:62,7373,061
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1181:425,58231,158

Snape (16) may also be a first name.

Snape Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the snape,' from residence thereby. Most probably a piece of land with soil starved and pinched; from snape, to pine or wither, (2) Local, 'at the snape,' from residence thereby; a spring in arable ground. (3) Nick. 'the snape,' i.e. the woodcock.

Henry de la Snape, Sussex, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ralph de Snape, Norfolk, ibid.

This last entry will be connected with Snape, a parish in Norfolk. An estate in the parish of Scarisbrook, Lancashire, has helped to foster the name in the county Palatinate.

Adam del Snape, Lancashire, 1332: Lay Subsidy Roll, Lancashire (Rylands).

William Snaype, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1594. John Edwardson, of Snape, within Scarisbrook, husbandman: Wills at Chester.

1600. John Lawton, of Snape: East Cheshire.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

An old surname in Inverurie. Probably from Snape near Coulter, Lanarkshire. James Snape on inquest, 1526 (Carnwath, p. 56). William Snape in Gledstaines, 1638 (Lanark CR.). Snaip 1523; Snyp.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Snape; or Dweller at the Snipped (i.e. Cut-off) Piece of Land [Middle English snaype, snap(e, Old English *snáp, snæp (‘Cart. Sax’, no. 1124), from Old English *snipan, to snip = Dutch and Frisian snippen, to cut into small pieces: cp. Dialectal English sneap, to nip, etc., and East Frisian snip(pe, a small piece of land] Henry de la Snape.—Hund. Rolls (Suss.) Snape, Suff., was Snape A.D. 1310-11; Snape, Yorks, was Snaype in the 14th cent.; Snape, Lancs, Snape in the 14th and 15th cent., but we find an ‘Alan del Snap' in a Lane. Inq. ad q. Damn. a.d. 1323.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A location name in Devon, Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire Or from the Dutch, Sneep; from the Flemish, Schnepp; a personal name.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Snape, a family name now rare in the county, is the name of a Suffolk village, where an ancient family of De Snape once resided. In the 13th century the De Snapes were established in Norfolk and Suffolk, and Henry de la Snape lived in Sussex (H. R.).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Amongst the rare old Yorkshire names is that of Snape, which in this county was derived from a village and a seat in the North Riding: Snape Hall was once the property of Lord Latimer (W. R.). Sir Robert Snape was vicar of Masham in 1534 (F.).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Snape Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Snape Come From? nationality or country of origin

Snape occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Snape? popularity and diffusion

It is the 67,212th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 983,873 people. Snape is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Snape live; 71 percent live in Northern Europe and 71 percent live in British Isles. Snape is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 4,995 people, or 1 in 11,155. In England Snape is most frequent in: Lancashire, where 17 percent reside, Greater Manchester, where 12 percent reside and Staffordshire, where 9 percent reside. Apart from England this last name is found in 60 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Snape Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Snape has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Snape last name grew 183 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 588 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 540 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,860 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Snape Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (56%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Snape last name are 14.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68.21% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Snape earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 18.97% less than the national average, earning R 192,552 per year; in United States they earn 8.39% more than the national average, earning $46,769 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.53% more than the national average, earning $52,928 CAD per year.

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