Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Snodgrass

    A surname, carried by 12,806 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S532

    Snodgrass: #2,818 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Snodgrass #2,818, 12,806 people Snodgrass: #2,818 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Snodgrass #2,818, 12,806 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Snodgrass is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    See Snodgrass on Wikipedia.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,806 people named Snodgrass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,109 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,963.

    #2,818
    rank among US surnames
    12,806
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,566)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,809Ebert12,83024,064
    #2,810Tubbs12,82824,068
    #2,811Gilchrist12,82524,074
    #2,812Cardoza12,82424,076
    #2,813Andres12,82124,081
    #2,814Willingham12,81824,087
    #2,815Ragland12,81624,091

    Who is named Snodgrass

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

    93% of people named Snodgrass identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Snodgrasss

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Melinda M. Snodgrass
      American writer, born 1951
    • Robert Evans Snodgrass
      American entomologist, scientific collector and illustrator (1875-1962)
    • Anthony Snodgrass
      British classical archaeologist (born 1934)

    Notable Snodgrasss come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Questions

    Where does the surname Snodgrass come from?
    See Snodgrass on Wikipedia.
    How common is the surname Snodgrass?
    12,806 people in the United States had the surname Snodgrass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,109 Americans. It ranked 2,818th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Snodgrass?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Snodgrass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Snodgrass?
    Melinda M. Snodgrass, American writer, followed by Robert Evans Snodgrass.
    Where is the surname Snodgrass most common?
    Wikidata records people named Snodgrass in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Snodgrass getting more or less common?
    Less common. 12,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,806 in 2010, down 1.2%.