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    The surname Sneddon

    An English place surname, carried by 1,547 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S535

    Sneddon: #18,036 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sneddon #18,036, 1,547 people Sneddon: #18,036 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sneddon #18,036, 1,547 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sneddon is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Sneddon is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,547 people named Sneddon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,577 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,505.

    #18,036
    rank among US surnames
    1,547
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,316)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,028Andrada1,548199,448
    #18,036Erhart1,547199,577
    #18,043Wadlington1,546199,706

    Who is named Sneddon

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

    94% of people named Sneddon identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sneddons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Thomas W. Sneddon, Jr.
      American lawyer, District Attorney, 1941–2014

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Sneddon

    Sneddon has the Soundex code S535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S535.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sneddon come from?
    Scottish topographic surname, from Old English snāw (“snow”) + dūn (“hill”).
    How common is the surname Sneddon?
    1,547 people in the United States had the surname Sneddon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,577 Americans. It ranked 18,036th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sneddon?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sneddon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Sneddon?
    Thomas W. Sneddon, Jr., American lawyer, District Attorney.
    Where is the surname Sneddon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sneddon in the United States.
    What type of surname is Sneddon?
    Sneddon is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Sneddon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,505 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,547 in 2010, up 2.8%.
    What are other spellings of Sneddon?
    Snedden.