Sniff Surname

611,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sniff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sniff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4881:742,74458,145
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1291:389,29229,048

Sniff (20) may also be a first name.

Sniff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sniff is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sniff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 611,703rd most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. Sniff is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Sniff are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 742,744. In The United States Sniff is most numerous in: Colorado, where 22 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Sniff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sniff has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 378 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sniff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sniff surname are 28.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75.59% being registered to vote for the party.

Sniff earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.64% less than the national average, earning $41,579 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sneiff910/
Snif894/
Schniff830/
Senniff830/
Snaif80217/
Sneff8096/
Snuif8025/
Hsnif803/
Snipf801/
Snift801/
Snifh801/
Jniff800/
Snifs800/
Snife800/
Snuijf737/
Sinnif735/
Shnaif732/
Shneif731/
Scneff731/
Scnipf730/
Senneff67249/
Schneff6746/
Snib6733/
Ginniff6727/
Sniw672/
Snef672/
Cnif671/
Snyf671/
Schnipf670/
Schnoif670/
Cenniff670/

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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 Sniff
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