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    The surname Snipes

    A surname, carried by 8,428 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S512

    Snipes: #4,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Snipes #4,205, 8,428 people Snipes: #4,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Snipes #4,205, 8,428 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Snipes is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,428 people named Snipes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,633 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,984.

    #4,205
    rank among US surnames
    8,428
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,107)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,196Sturgill8,44436,564
    #4,197Purnell8,44136,577
    #4,199Hylton8,44036,581
    #4,200Begley8,43536,603
    #4,201Macedo8,43336,612
    #4,203Baeza8,43236,616
    #4,204Seidel8,43036,625

    Who is named Snipes

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

    64% of people named Snipes identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Snipess

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wesley Snipes
      American actor (born 1962)

    Questions

    How common is the surname Snipes?
    8,428 people in the United States had the surname Snipes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,633 Americans. It ranked 4,205th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Snipes?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Snipes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Snipes?
    Wesley Snipes, American actor (born 1962).
    Where is the surname Snipes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Snipes in the United States.
    Is the surname Snipes getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,428 in 2010, up 5.6%.