# Snyder (surname)

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

A surname from Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation] anglicized from Dutch Snijder, German Schneider or Alemannic German Schnyder, all meaning "tailor".

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 160,262 |
| US rank (2010) | 165 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,927 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (159,363 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Snider |

## Etymology

From the Dutch surname for a tailor, from the verb snijden (“to cut”). Also Americanized from the German surname Schneider. An occupational surname comparable to Taylor and Parmenter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Snyder 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Snyder in the United States.

## People named Snyder

- Zack Snyder, American filmmaker (born 1966)
- Timothy Snyder, American historian (born 1969)
- Gary Snyder, American poet (born 1930)
- Dana Snyder, American actor and comedian
- Allisyn Snyder, American actress
- Kyle Snyder, American wrestler (born 1995)
- Rick Snyder, American politician and business executive
- Deborah Snyder, American film producer
- Scott Snyder, American comics writer
- Liza Snyder, American actress
- Quin Snyder, American basketball coach
- Hartland Snyder, American physicist

and 13 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Snider, Sander, Sender, Sanders, Saunders, Schneider, Sanderson, Santoro, Smothers, Sunderland, Senter, Smithers.

## 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.