Explore the Family Name Schnepp

The meaning of Schnepp

German: northern variant of Schnepf 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Schnepp in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Schnepp has seen slight changes between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Schnepp ranked 23,739 in popularity with a count of 995, representing a proportion of 0.37 per 100,000 population. However, the ranking slipped to 24,874 by 2010, marking a decrease of 4.78%. Despite this drop in rank, the number of individuals bearing the Schnepp surname increased marginally to 1,000, demonstrating a growth rate of 0.5%. Yet, its overall proportion per 100,000 population declined by 8.11% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,739	#24,874	-4.78%
Count	995	1,000	0.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.37	0.34	-8.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Schnepp

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Schnepp also saw some shifts from 2000 to 2010 according to data derived from the Decennial US Census. In 2000, a vast majority (96.08%) of individuals with the Schnepp surname identified as White, with only minor percentages identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (1.11%) or Hispanic (1.51%). By 2010, the percentage of those identifying as White increased slightly to 96.50%. The percentage of Schnepp's identifying as Hispanic also rose to reach 1.6%, while the number of individuals reporting two or more races decreased by 33.33%. Notably, there was no reported change in the percentage of Black individuals, but a small proportion (0.60%) began identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.08%	96.5%	0.44%
Hispanic	1.51%	1.6%	5.96%
Two or More Races	0.9%	0.6%	-33.33%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.6%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.11%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%