How common is the surname Snead?

10,500 people in the United States had the surname Snead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,404 Americans. It ranked 3,407th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Snead?

Sam Snead, American golfer (1912–2002).

Where is the surname Snead most common?

Wikidata records people named Snead in the United States.

Is the surname Snead getting more or less common?

More common. 10,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,500 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Snead

A surname, carried by 10,500 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Snead is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Variant of Sneed.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,500 people named Snead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,404 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,022.

#3,407

rank among US surnames

10,500

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #3,276)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,398	Turley	10,524	29,337
#3,400	Acker	10,519	29,351
#3,401	Crist	10,518	29,354
#3,403	Currier	10,513	29,368
#3,404	Broderick	10,504	29,393
#3,405	Waldrop	10,503	29,396
#3,406	Lemke	10,501	29,402

Who is named Snead

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

63% of people named Snead identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 63%
Black (not Hispanic) 31%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sneads

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sam Snead
American golfer (1912–2002)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Snead

Snead has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

Questions

Where does the surname Snead come from?: Variant of Sneed.
How common is the surname Snead?: 10,500 people in the United States had the surname Snead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,404 Americans. It ranked 3,407th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Snead?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Snead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Snead?: Sam Snead, American golfer (1912–2002).
Where is the surname Snead most common?: Wikidata records people named Snead in the United States.
Is the surname Snead getting more or less common?: More common. 10,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,500 in 2010, up 4.8%.