Schneck
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈʃnɛk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Schneck is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: a slow or indolent worker, from Ger. Schneck(e), Yid. shnek snail (MHG snecke, OHG snecko). The same Ger. vocab.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a slow or indolent worker, from Ger. Schneck(e), Yid. shnek snail (MHG snecke, OHG snecko). The same Ger. vocab. word was also used to denote slugs and leeches, and the surname may in some cases refer to one of these creatures, e.g. as a nickname for a ‘slimy’ or clinging person, or in the case of the Jewish name, simply an unflattering name im¬ posed by a non-Jewish government official. Vars.: Ger.: Schnicke; Schnegg(e), (chiefly S German and Austrian). Schnigge, Schnegel Schneeberg see Snow
Sources 2
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Schneck is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, alternative spelling of chnek
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bar, snail, slug
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Max Schneckb. 1861DEGerman architect
- Bernhard Schneckb. 1868DEGerman classical philologist and teacher
- Adolf G. Schneckb. 1883DEGerman architect (1883-1971)
- Anemone Schneck-Steidlb. 1934DEtextile designer from Germany
- Attilio Schneckb. 1946ITItalian politician
- Dave Schneckb. 1949USAmerican baseball player
- Colombe Schneckb. 1966FRFrench television and radio journalist (b.1966)
- Shane Schneckb. 1970USUS-Swedish industrial designer (born 1970)
- Mike Schneckb. 1977USAmerican football player
- Nico Schneckb. 1987DEGerman association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.8K | #11,395 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.5K | #11,689 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.4K | #12,431 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 211 | #35,199 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 93 | #34,663 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 32 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 29 | #28,044 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 19 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 18 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 18 | #96,580 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 15 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Schneck mean, and where does it come from?
- a slow or indolent worker, from Ger. Schneck(e), Yid. shnek snail (MHG snecke, OHG snecko). The same Ger. vocab. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
- How do you pronounce Schneck?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈʃnɛk/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Schneck have the most bearers?
- Schneck is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/schneckThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Schneck”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.