Snepsts Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Snepsts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Snepsts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1401:14,6432,174
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Šnepsts (2) & Šņepsts (1) are calculated separately.

Snepsts Last Name Facts

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

The last name Snepsts occurs in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Šnepsts or Šņepsts. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Snepsts? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,422,956th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Snepsts live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname Snepsts is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 14,643. In Latvia Snepsts is mostly found in: Latgale, where 51 percent reside, Riga Planning Region, where 34 percent reside and Vidzeme, where 10 percent reside. Other than Latvia Snepsts is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šnepsts952/
Snepsdts931/
Snepts921/
Šņepsts901/
Snepste86271/
Shnepst8624/
Snopsts861/
Shnepste8018/
Šnepste714/
Šņepste571/

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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 Snepsts
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