Last Name SNODGRASS

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Meaning	Local: At the snodgrass, from residence thereby. 'Snod,' smooth, demure. Trimmed or smooth grass. Local: Grass trimmed and smooth; short grass.

Origin	English, Scottish, Irish

Rank	2,566 (2000 US census)	2,337 (1990 US census)

Count	12,963 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.85%, or 12295 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.82%, or 236 total occurrences, as black,
0.34%, or 44 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.59%, or 76 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.24%, or 161 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.16%, or 150 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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.

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