Snowgrass Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Snowgrass Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Snowgrass Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Snowgrass Last Name Facts

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

Snowgrass has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Snowgrass? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,602,217th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Snowgrass live; 77 percent live in Southern Africa and 77 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Snowgrass is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa Snowgrass is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 65 percent live, Free State, where 26 percent live and North West, where 9 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Snowgrass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Snowgrass has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Snowgrass last name increased 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Snowgrass Last Name Statistics demography

Snowgrass earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.89% more than the national average, earning R 406,092 per year.

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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 Snowgrass
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