Explore the Family Name Snellings

The meaning of Snellings

Flemish and Dutch: patronymic from a derivative of an ancient Germanic personal name, either Snello or a compound name such as Snellaert (composed of the elements snell ‘quick, lively’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’) or Snellegeer (with the second element gēr, gār ‘spear’).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Snellings" has seen some decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Snellings was ranked as the 20,456th most popular surname, but it dropped to the 22,194th position in 2010, a decrease of 8.5%. The count of individuals with this surname also dropped by 3.57%, from 1206 in 2000 to 1163 in 2010. This caused a decrease in the proportion of people named Snellings per 100,000 people by 13.33%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,456	#22,194	-8.5%
Count	1,206	1,163	-3.57%
Proportion per 100k	0.45	0.39	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Snellings

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census also reveals certain changes for the surname "Snellings". While there were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in both 2000 and 2010, there was an increase in the proportion of individuals identifying as two or more races (from 0.83% to 1.2%) and Hispanic (from 1.16% to 1.81%). There was a slight increase in those identifying as White from 82.67% to 83.32%. However, there was an 11.32% decrease in those identifying as Black, moving from 14.93% in 2000 to 13.24% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	82.67%	83.32%	0.79%
Black	14.93%	13.24%	-11.32%
Hispanic	1.16%	1.81%	56.03%
Two or More Races	0.83%	1.2%	44.58%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%