Snels Surname

366,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 985 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Belgium

Snels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Snels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5321:31,7435,261
Belgium4111:27,9724,476
France181:3,690,151224,666
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Snels Last Name Facts

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

The last name Snels (Russian: Снелс) occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Snels.

How Common Is The Last Name Snels? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 366,000th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 7,398,524 people. The surname Snels is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Snels are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Snels is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 532 people, or 1 in 31,743. In The Netherlands Snels is mostly found in: North Brabant, where 63 percent live, South Holland, where 12 percent live and Gelderland, where 5 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands Snels is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 42 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Snels Last Name Statistics demography

Snels earn significantly more than the average income. In Canada they earn 25.82% more than the national average, earning $62,510 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Snells9166/
Sniels911/
Sneels910/
Snls891/
Sennels83100/
Snelz804/
Sinls801/
Schnells772/
Snøløs7339/
Snälls7310/
Snless731/
Senles730/
Sinles730/
Shnles730/
Schnelz6748/
Jennels676/
Cnls672/
Senlles672/
Jnls671/
Snellez671/
Ginnels671/
Scenles670/
Seenles670/

Snels Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Snels in the Russian language
Снелсsnels-

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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 Snels
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