Last Name SNAPE

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Meaning Local: At the sname, from residence thereby. Most probably a piece of land with soil starved and pinched; from 'snape,' to pine or wither. Also local, 'at the snape,' from residence thereby; a spring in arable ground. Also nickname, 'the sname,' i.e. the woodcock.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 39,678 (2000 US census) 28,313 (1990 US census)
Count 521 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 65.83%, or 343 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 24.57%, or 128 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.88%, or 15 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 5.95%, or 31 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

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