Snowball

See also: snowball

English

Etymology

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

Snowball (plural Snowballs)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Snowball is the 38214^th 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Snowball”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.