Snipe Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 11

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Snipe Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Snipe family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Farmer & Teacher Of Music 1
Carter 1
Coot Boy 1
Cotton Spinner 1
Iron Fitter 1
Brewers Dairyman 1
Labourer 1
Miner 1
School Master 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Snipe

Name Census Frequency
William Snipe 29
John Snipe 22
Mary Snipe 20
Charles Snipe 14
Elizabeth Snipe 14
George Snipe 12
Sarah Snipe 12
James Snipe 10
Walter Snipe 9
Ann Snipe 8
Thomas Snipe 8
Alfred Snipe 7
Arthur Snipe 7
Edith Snipe 7
Eliza Snipe 7
Ellen Snipe 7
Emma Snipe 7
Frances Snipe 6
Jane Snipe 6
Ada Snipe 5
Fanny Snipe 5
Hannah Snipe 5
Henry Snipe 5
Oliver Snipe 5
Albert Snipe 4

Snipe Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Snape 80% 18,984
2 Sneap 40% 382
3 Snipe 100% 346
4 Asnip 60% 207
5 Snap 60% 144
6 Snope 80% 143

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The surname Snipe is the 3rd most popular variant of Snape.

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