How common is the surname Snider?

32,148 people in the United States had the surname Snider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,604 Americans. It ranked 1,088th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Snider?

Dee Snider, American singer, followed by Todd Snider.

Where is the surname Snider most common?

Wikidata records people named Snider in the United States.

How do you pronounce Snider?

Snider is /ˈsnaɪdɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Snider getting more or less common?

More common. 31,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,148 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Snider

A surname, carried by 32,148 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsnaɪdɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex S536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Snider is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

The rifle is named from the surname of its inventor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 32,148 people named Snider in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,604 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,418.

#1,088

rank among US surnames

32,148

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,018)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,079	Carver	32,415	9,525
#1,080	Lancaster	32,362	9,540
#1,081	Goff	32,298	9,559
#1,082	Zapata	32,274	9,566
#1,083	Fulton	32,258	9,571
#1,084	Kang	32,221	9,582
#1,085	Sears	32,206	9,587

Who is named Snider

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

92% of people named Snider identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sniders

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dee Snider
American singer, born 1955
Todd Snider
American singer-songwriter, 1966–2025

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Snider

Snider has the Soundex code S536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S536.

Questions

Where does the surname Snider come from?: The rifle is named from the surname of its inventor.
How common is the surname Snider?: 32,148 people in the United States had the surname Snider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,604 Americans. It ranked 1,088th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Snider?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Snider identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Snider?: Dee Snider, American singer, followed by Todd Snider.
Where is the surname Snider most common?: Wikidata records people named Snider in the United States.
How do you pronounce Snider?: Snider is /ˈsnaɪdɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Snider getting more or less common?: More common. 31,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 32,148 in 2010, up 2.3%.