The Snider surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 32,148 people carried this name — #1,088 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,170 people counted. That is up 2% from 31,418 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Snider surname

As a surname in the United Kingdom

Harrison explains it as ‘Cutter, Tailor’.

An Anglicized form of the Dutch snijder, German Schneider.

From Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. II (London: The Morland Press, 1918), p. 171 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 47 people named Snider live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 35
La Pampa 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

36 people named Snider live in Switzerland.

They live in 1 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Ticino 36

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.

In print

Snider in American newspapers,
1922–1923.

Newspaper page from The Kevin Review carrying the name Snider
The Kevin Review 1922-12-14
Newspaper page from The Kevin Review carrying the name Snider
The Kevin Review 1922-11-30
Newspaper page from The Kevin Review carrying the name Snider
The Kevin Review 1923-05-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 151,367 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Snider in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

3,989 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Snider. The most, 718, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,205
New South Wales 922
South Australia 362
Queensland 220
Western Australia 191
Tasmania 51
ACT (Canberra) 22

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Snider.

Who carried it

People named Snider,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Snider
    George Snider 1813–1885 · politician
  • Samuel Snider
    Samuel Snider 1845–1928 · politician
  • Duke Snider
    Duke Snider 1926–2011 · baseball player
  • Ed Snider
    Ed Snider 1933–2016 · businessperson
  • Merle Snider
    Merle Snider 1940–1998 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Ed Snider: Dealphungo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 94 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Snider,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States2,022 records

2,022 records of the Snider name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,090
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 399
  • Other U.S. records 533
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert I. Snider

    Born 1924; from Greene County, Missouri. U.S. Army, field artillery; killed in action 1951 in South Korea. Buried at Springfield National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Cecil L. Snider

    Born 1915 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Forrest; filling station attendant. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Snider

    Arrived at New York in 1902 aboard the La Champagne from Havre, aged 23; farmer. From Sondrio, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 2,022 records for Snider in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada228 records

228 records of the Snider name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 101
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 33
  • Other Canadian records 94
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Bona Jean Snider

    Buried in 1981 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 40.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sarah Snider

    Died 1870 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Snider

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 228 records for Snider in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands126 records

126 records of the Snider name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 54
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 52
  • Dutch population registers 20
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Albertien Snider

    Married in 1913 in Ruinen; maidservant. Died 1959 in Hoogeveen, aged 73.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendrikje Snider

    Married in 1883 in Ruinerwold; maidservant. Died 1941 in Ruinerwold, aged 81.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frerik Snider

    Born 1853 in Ruinen. Died 1929 in Echten (Ruinen), aged 75.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 126 records for Snider in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia69 records

69 records of the Snider name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 48
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 16
  • Other Australian records 5
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Cecil Snider

    Retired of Doncaster, Victoria; died 1967.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rachel Snider

    Arrived in Victoria in 1923 aboard the Cephee, aged 36.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Snider

    Died 1861 in Longford, Tasmania, aged 51.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 69 records for Snider in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Snider name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Snider

    Lance Corporal, Lancashire Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Snider name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henri Snider

    Born 1930 in Chatelay; died 1974 in Biarne (Jura).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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