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    The surname Snow

    A surname, carried by 47,528 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S500

    Snow: #734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Snow #734, 47,528 people Snow: #734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Snow #734, 47,528 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Snow is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 47,528 people named Snow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,496 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 45,689.

    #734
    rank among US surnames
    47,528
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #687)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #725Rosario48,0516,425
    #726Vang48,0366,427
    #727Walter48,0246,429
    #728Henson48,0136,430
    #729O'Neal47,9796,435
    #730Mosley47,9636,437
    #731McClure47,7426,467

    Who is named Snow

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

    85% of people named Snow identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Snows

    15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Brittany Snow
      American actress and model, born 1986
    • John W. Snow
      73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury, born 1939
    • 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, born 1969
    • 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, born 1947

    Notable Snows come mostly from the United States (13), the United Kingdom (1) and Germany (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Snowe

    Surnames that sound like Snow

    Snow has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Snow?
    47,528 people in the United States had the surname Snow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,496 Americans. It ranked 734th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Snow?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Snow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Snow?
    Brittany Snow, American actress and model, followed by John W. Snow.
    Where is the surname Snow most common?
    Wikidata records people named Snow in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany.
    Is the surname Snow getting more or less common?
    More common. 45,689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 47,528 in 2010, up 4.0%.
    What are other spellings of Snow?
    Snowe.