Snelson
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Snelson is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and Welsh, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Cheshire; also Lancs. locative name principally from Snelson in Over Peover (Cheshire), but perhaps also from Snelson in Lavendon (Bucks) and Snelston (Derbys).
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 70K◐
- USUnited States1 in 126K
- AUAustralia1 in 96K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
- Snelsonin●
- Snelsonin●
Main GB Location (1881): Cheshire; also Lancs. locative name principally from Snelson in Over Peover (Cheshire), but perhaps also from Snelson in Lavendon (Bucks) and Snelston (Derbys).
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 21,066 | 76% |
| GB United Kingdom | 2,770 | 10% |
| AU Australia | 691 | 3% |
| CA Canada | 441 | 2% |
| UA Ukraine | 129 | 1% |
≈25,097 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English25K91%
- Welsh8803%
- Spanish4932%
- Ukrainian1291%
- French1151%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 24,954 | 91% |
| Welsh | 880 | 3% |
| Spanish | 493 | 2% |
| Ukrainian | 129 | 1% |
| French | 115 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- George Snelsonb. 1837GBNew Zealand mayor (1837–1901)
- Louisa Snelsonb. 1844NZcommunity leader (1844-1919)
- Kenneth Snelsonb. 1927USAmerican artist (1927–2016)
- Nikki SnelsonUSAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 8 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.3K | #12,252 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.3K | #13,203 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.2K | #13,457 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 9 | #126,713 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 5 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Snelson?
- Our records include 25,097 bearers of Snelson across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Snelson have the most bearers?
- Snelson is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What does the name Snelson mean?
- Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Cheshire; also Lancs. locative name principally from Snelson in Over Peover (Cheshire), but perhaps also from Snelson in Lavendon (Bucks) and Snelston (Derbys).
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Snelson”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.