# Snow (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 47,528 |
| US rank (2010) | 734 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,496 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (45,689 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Snowe |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Snow 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Snow in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.

## People named Snow

- Brittany Snow, American actress and model
- John W. Snow, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
- Edgar Snow, American journalist (1905–1972)
- Tony Snow, American White House Press Secretary (1955-2008)
- Marguerite Snow, American actress (1889-1958)
- Garth Snow, American ice hockey goaltender
- Valaida Snow, American musician (1904-1956)
- Eliza Roxcy Snow, American Mormon writer (1804-1887)
- Michelle Snow, American basketball player (born 1980)
- Helen Foster Snow, American journalist (1907–1997)
- Randy Snow, American wheelchair tennis and basketball player (1959–2009)
- Jon Snow, British broadcaster

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Son, Sano, Sweeney, Sheehan, Swain, Sun, Swan, Shin, Shen, Swann, Sam, Schoen.

## 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.