# Sneddon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sneddon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,547 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,036 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 199,577 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (1,505 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Snedden |

## Etymology

Scottish topographic surname, from Old English snāw (“snow”) + dūn (“hill”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sneddon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sneddon in the United States.

## People named Sneddon

- Thomas W. Sneddon, Jr., American lawyer, District Attorney

## Similar surnames

Snedden, Santana, Santamaria, Snowden, Santangelo, Santini, Swinton, Sandman, Smetana, Santander, Sanden, Sandin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.