How common is the surname Snowball?

580 people in the United States had the surname Snowball in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 532,320 Americans. It ranked 38,214th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Snowball?

In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Snowball identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Snowball getting more or less common?

More common. 525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 580 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Snowball

A nickname surname, carried by 580 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Snowball is more common than 76.4% of them.

Origin

From snow + ball, probably a nickname for someone who had a patch of white hair or a pale bald patch, amid dark hair.

Snowball is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 580 people named Snowball in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 532,320 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 525.

#38,214

rank among US surnames

580

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+10.5%

change since 2000 (was #39,444)

Who is named Snowball

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

63% of people named Snowball identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 6.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 63%
American Indian and Alaska Native 20%
Two or more races 6.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Snowball come from?: From snow + ball, probably a nickname for someone who had a patch of white hair or a pale bald patch, amid dark hair.
How common is the surname Snowball?: 580 people in the United States had the surname Snowball in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 532,320 Americans. It ranked 38,214th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Snowball?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Snowball identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
What type of surname is Snowball?: Snowball is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Snowball getting more or less common?: More common. 525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 580 in 2010, up 11%.