Snelling Surname

45,542nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,393 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Snelling Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Snelling'; compare Browning and Harding. Mr. Lower says Snelling is found in Domesday as a previous tenant (Patronymica Britannica). Of course this implies a personal name.

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Snelling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,6791:63,8247,467
England3,4041:16,3682,379
Australia1,1251:23,9963,289
Canada4331:85,0949,439
New Zealand2301:19,6883,459
South Africa2021:268,20626,747
Wales981:31,5773,178
Scotland711:75,4065,680
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Guernsey221:2,929767
Spain171:2,750,12061,567
France141:4,744,480251,814
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,4111:10,1101,534
Wales201:78,4213,652
Scotland111:340,29210,329
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0051:49,9695,679

Snelling (14) may also be a first name.

Snelling Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Snelling'; compare Browning and Harding. Mr. Lower says Snelling is found in Domesday as a previous tenant (Patronymica Britannica). Of course this implies a personal name.

Walter Snellyng, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Michael Snellyng, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

John Snellyng, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

1582-3. Robert Snellinge and Elizabeth Bull: Marriage Lic. (London).

1790. Married — William Snelling and Sarah Jennings: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) the Anglo-Saxon Sneling, Snelling (Domesday Snelling) = Snel(l)’s Son [v. under Snell, and + the Old English son suff. -ing] Snelling Tullinges sunu.—11th-cent. Manum.; Thorpe, Diplomatarium Anglicum Aevi Saxonici,p. 633.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

See Snell. Snellinc is found in Domesday, as a previous tenant.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Snelling Last Name Facts

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

The surname Snelling is most common in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Snelling.

How Common Is The Last Name Snelling? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 45,542nd most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 639,651 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Snelling are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous given name throughout the world, held by 14 people.

Snelling is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 5,679 people, or 1 in 63,824. In The United States it is most frequent in: Florida, where 8 percent live, Ohio, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States Snelling exists in 41 countries. It is also common in England, where 30 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Snelling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Snelling has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 565 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 141 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 490 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 645 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Snelling Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Snelling last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Snelling last name are 17% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.77% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Snelling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.88% more than the national average, earning R 368,064 per year; in United States they earn 2.69% less than the national average, earning $41,989 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.49% less than the national average, earning $49,440 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Snellings942,065/
Snellingx941/
Sneelling940/
Snellin9396/
Schnelling8983/
Snellink88338/
Snellinx88248/
Senlling882/
Snellinc881/
Snelleng881/
Sinlling880/
Snilling880/
Snellingová841/
Snellincx821/
Snellinqt821/
Snellen801,452/
Sinling803/
Senling803/
Snellinckx7811/
Scenling756/
Chnellin750/
Schnellen71145/
Senlin7152/
Sinlin7148/
Hsienling712/
Jinling6736/
Gemling6724/
Zemling6715/
Söhnlin673/
Saenlin672/
Zemllin672/
Jünling671/
Ginling671/
Snln671/
Zenling670/
Cenling670/

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