Snapes Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Snapes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Snapes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1861:299,55922,824
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England701:348,22022,196
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Snapes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Snapes is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Snapes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Snapes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,155,901st most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Snapes are found; 91 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 299,559. In England it is most prevalent in: Buckinghamshire, where 18 percent reside, Berkshire, where 16 percent reside and Greater London, where 16 percent reside. Apart from England this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 3 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Snapes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Snapes has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 266 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Snape917,407/
Snappe83187/
Snaper8329/
Snapis835/
Shnape835/
Snopes834/
Sngape831/
Snaipe831/
Snapper77584/
Snaiper77141/
Shnaper7774/
Snaipis771/
Sinnape771/
Snayper771/
Schnape770/
Snope7384/
Snapa7369/
Snapi7322/
Cnape732/
Schnaper71114/
Shnayper717/
Shnapper713/
Shnaiper712/
Sinnapeh711/
Sznajper711/
Schnaupe710/
Schnappe710/
Snappa67518/
Schnapper67253/
Snapay6713/
Snapui6712/
Šnaper678/
Snoper677/
Shnapi676/
Snapyi671/
S'Napa671/
Snapaa671/
Snopec671/
Snoope670/

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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
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  • 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 Snapes
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