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    The surname Snavely

    A surname, carried by 3,607 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S514

    Snavely: #9,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Snavely #9,061, 3,607 people Snavely: #9,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Snavely #9,061, 3,607 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Snavely is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,607 people named Snavely in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,596 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,577.

    #9,061
    rank among US surnames
    3,607
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #8,481)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,054Borjas3,60985,549
    #9,058Wiggs3,60885,572
    #9,061Snavely3,60785,596
    #9,064Persons3,60685,620
    #9,066Lindo3,60585,644
    #9,068Frith3,60485,667

    Who is named Snavely

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

    94% of people named Snavely identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Snavely

    Snavely has the Soundex code S514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S514.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Snavely?
    3,607 people in the United States had the surname Snavely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,596 Americans. It ranked 9,061st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Snavely?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Snavely identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Snavely getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,607 in 2010, up 0.8%.