Snipe Surname

309,145th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Snipe Surname Definition:

Same as Snape, Snepp; from Snape, name of a parish co. Suffolk, and of a township co. York, North Riding. The Devonshire word snape signifies a spring in arable ground. The names Snape, Snapp, Snipe, Snupe are found in the U.S.

Snipe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8581:422,44636,582
England1471:379,03426,619
Australia701:385,65331,598
Argentina521:821,98954,134
Jamaica481:59,7913,201
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Wales101:309,45316,869
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England601:406,25624,311
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3431:146,41013,670

Snipe (15) may also be a first name.

Snipe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Same as Snape, Snepp; from Snape, name of a parish co. Suffolk, and of a township co. York, North Riding. The Devonshire word snape signifies a spring in arable ground. The names Snape, Snapp, Snipe, Snupe are found in the U.S.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Snipe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Snipe is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Snipe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Snipe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 309,145th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 5,973,398 people. The last name Snipe occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Snipe live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. Snipe is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 858 people, or 1 in 422,446. In The United States Snipe is mostly concentrated in: South Carolina, where 22 percent reside, New York, where 15 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 10 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 21 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent reside and Australia, where 6 percent reside.

Snipe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Snipe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Snipe last name expanded 250 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 245 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Snipe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Snipe surname is chiefly Anglican (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Snipe surname are 7.22% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.45% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Snipe earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 18.94% less than the national average, earning $34,978 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.34% more than the national average, earning $52,832 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Snipes9111,364/
Snippe912,310/
Sniper9155/
Snipej911/
Snaipe911/
Snip891,182/
Snipper83167/
Snaiper83141/
Shniper8397/
Snippes8320/
Shnipes8314/
Sniperr831/
Snippie831/
Snape807,407/
Shnip80315/
Snipp80235/
Snype80191/
Sznip8079/
Snips8030/
Snepe8012/
Snipa807/
Snupe801/
Snipt801/
Sniph801/
Snipf801/
Dsnip801/
Cnipe801/
Snipi801/
Sneip800/
Schnippe77125/
Shnipper7733/
Shnaiper772/
Schnipfe770/
Sneppe73244/
Snappe73187/
Sneper7322/
Snippa7321/
Schnip7317/
Sznips736/
Shnipp736/
Shnape735/
Sinnip735/
Snipps735/
Shnipa732/
Snypez732/
Scnipf730/
Schneiper714/
Snep67318/
Snipich67193/
Schnipp6751/
Snib6733/
Shnyper6725/
Schnieb6722/
Snyp6713/
Schnipa679/
Schnepe673/
Snipova672/
Snnippa671/
Snaipis671/
Snayper671/
Schnaip671/
Snhp671/
Schniep670/
Schnape670/
Snepper670/
Schnipf670/

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Snipe Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Snipe
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