Snowy Surname

948,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Israel

Snowy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Snowy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1521:505,14829,867
Israel1221:70,1458,665
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Snowy (595) may also be a first name.

Snowy Last Name Facts

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

Snowy (Hindi: स्नोई) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Snowy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Snowy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 948,111th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Snowy reside; 55 percent reside in South Asia and 55 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Snowy is also the 342,839th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 595 people.

The last name Snowy is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 505,148. In Iran Snowy is mostly found in: South Khorasan Province, where 30 percent live, Fars Province, where 19 percent live and Tehran Province, where 13 percent live. Excluding Iran this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 44 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Snowe80383/
Snoby8029/
Snawy802/
Snuwy801/
Snowé801/
Snowj801/
Snowie73291/
Shnawy73218/
Snowea7333/
Cnoway732/
Snowee731/
Znoway731/
Snowai731/
Snewey731/
Snowes730/
Snoowe730/
Snowiss6728/
Snoweah6719/
Shnawey674/
Snowwer671/
Snowich671/
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Snowy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Snowy in the Hindi language
स्नोईsno'i-

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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 Snowy
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