The Schnee surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 946 people carried this name — #25,954 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 916 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 172 people named Schnee.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
41 people named Schnee live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Schnee,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hermann Schnee 1840–1926 · judge -
Heinrich Schnee 1871–1949 · writer -
Ada Schnee 1873–1969 · actor -
Sofie Schück 1858–1942
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Martha Schnee 1863–1939 · social pedagogue
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Walter Schnee 1885–1958 · mathematician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schnee.
- Schmitz 23,931 · U.S. census
- Schmoll 1,240 · U.S. census
- Schmuck 1,646 · U.S. census
- Schmutz 764 · U.S. census
- Schnabel 3,110 · U.S. census
- Schnebelen 145 · U.S. census
- Schneeberger 910 · U.S. census
- Schneider 101,290 · U.S. census
- Schneiter 573 · U.S. census
- Schnell 6,708 · U.S. census
- Schneller 912 · U.S. census
- Schnepf 785 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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