The Snipes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,428 people carried this name — #4,205 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 7,984 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

19 families named Snipes, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 103 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 11
South Carolina 6
Maine 1
Virginia 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 262 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Snipes in American newspapers,
1927–1928.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Snipes
The Washington Times 1927-12-15
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Snipes
The Washington Times 1928-03-19
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Snipes
The Washington Times 1927-12-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Snipes in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1940s.

46 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Snipes. The most, 9, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 18
New South Wales 13
Queensland 9
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 1
South Australia 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Snipes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Brenda Snipes
    Brenda Snipes 1943–2023 · teacher
  • Victor Snipes 1970–2007 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Snipes,
in the records of the United States.

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 States411 records

411 records of the Snipes name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 294
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 89
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jack G. Snipes

    Born 1920 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Charlotte; office clerk from Moore County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Leon S. Snipes

    Born 1931; from Johnston County, North Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Nathan Snipes

    U.S. Army veteran of the Civil War. Born 1841, died 1916; buried at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Fairfax, Missouri.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 411 records for Snipes in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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