Last Name SNELLING

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Snelling.

Origin	English, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	7,593 (2000 US census)	8,344 (1990 US census)

Count	4,038 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

79.74%, or 3220 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.96%, or 685 total occurrences, as black,
0.54%, or 22 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.2%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.19%, or 48 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.36%, or 55 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.