Snowball
See also: snowball
English edit
Etymology edit
From snow + ball, probably a nickname for someone who had a patch of white hair or a pale bald patch, amid dark hair.
Proper noun edit
Snowball (plural Snowballs)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Snowball is the 38214th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 580 individuals. Snowball is most common among White (62.93%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (20.17%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Snowball”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.