Snayers Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Snayers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Snayers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1821:297,68028,740
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Snayers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Snayers is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Snayers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,252,959th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 39,606,228 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Snayers reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Snayers is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 297,680. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 69 percent are found, Gauteng, where 14 percent are found and Western Cape, where 8 percent are found. Barring South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Snayers Last Name Statistics demography

Snayers earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.43% more than the national average, earning R 298,080 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Snayer's931/
Snyers923,349/
Sneyers861,655/
Snuyers861/
Snoeyers8019/
Sniers7716/
Snoers7714/
Sneirs771/
Snears770/
Sneers770/
Snijers71289/
Snejers713/
Snowers711/
Schniers67265/
Schneers672/
Snijgers671/
Schneirs671/
Sniggers670/
Schnears670/
Schneiers631/
Snijrs621/

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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 Snayers
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