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    The surname Snay

    A surname, carried by 1,085 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S500

    Snay: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Snay #23,432, 1,085 people Snay: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Snay #23,432, 1,085 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Snay is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,085 people named Snay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 991.

    #23,432
    rank among US surnames
    1,085
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #23,815)

    Who is named Snay

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

    93% of people named Snay identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Snaith
    • Snayth
    • Sneith
    • Snathe
    • Sneath

    Surnames that sound like Snay

    Snay has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Snay?
    1,085 people in the United States had the surname Snay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. It ranked 23,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Snay?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Snay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Snay getting more or less common?
    More common. 991 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,085 in 2010, up 9.5%.
    What are other spellings of Snay?
    Snaith, Snayth, Sneith, Snathe and Sneath.