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    The surname Snape

    A surname, carried by 515 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S510

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Snape is more common than 74% of them.

    Origin

    First attested in the late 18th century. Derived from various villages in England and southern Scotland sharing this name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 515 people named Snape in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 599,506 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 521.

    #42,163
    rank among US surnames
    515
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #39,678)

    Who is named Snape

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    60% of people named Snape identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.4%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Snape

    Snape has the Soundex code S510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S510.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Snape come from?
    First attested in the late 18th century. Derived from various villages in England and southern Scotland sharing this name.
    How common is the surname Snape?
    515 people in the United States had the surname Snape in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 599,506 Americans. It ranked 42,163rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Snape?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Snape identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Snape getting more or less common?
    Less common. 521 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 515 in 2010, down 1.2%.