Sniak Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Sniak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sniak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine811:562,00962,582
Poland81:4,751,094138,864

The alternate forms: Šniak (41) are calculated separately.

Sniak Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sniak is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Šniak. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sniak? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sniak is the 1,980,395th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sniak reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 91 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 562,009. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Lviv Oblast, where 93 percent are found, Volyn Oblast, where 4 percent are found and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 2 percent are found. Barring Ukraine Sniak is found in one country. It also occurs in Poland, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šniak9341/
Shniak91153/
Szniak9112/
Shnihak831/
Snjak802/
Sienniak77268/
Sniaszsk771/
Shnyak73237/
Snjack732/
Snehak731/
Zimniak671,251/
Zemniak6716/
Zymniak6715/
Shchnyak621/
Zimniack621/
Sneag6036/
Jniag601/
Jnjak601/
Znyak601/
Dzienniak57770/
Shnyakova57100/
Ziemnniak576/
Schnjaack571/
Shnyag556/
Shnhaq551/
Xjnyak551/
Sgnock550/
Zimniok5055/
Zimnyak503/
Zimñiak502/
Zinniok501/
Zemnyak501/

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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 Sniak
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