Snellman is a Swedish-language surname, more common in Finland than in Sweden.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 76.1% of all known bearers of the surname Snellman were residents of Finland (frequency 1:2,905), 9.8% of the United States (1:1,480,538), 9.4% of Sweden (1:42,261), 1.1% of Australia (1:849,067) and 1.0% of Germany (1:3,085,716).
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,905) in the following regions: Ostrobothnia (1:252) Åland (1:1,468) Central Ostrobothnia (1:2,229)
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:42,261) in the following counties:Snellman surname distribution Gävleborg County (1:12,175) Västmanland County (1:12,351) Norrbotten County (1:15,676) Stockholm County (1:23,868) Södermanland County (1:25,383) Halland County (1:25,483) Västerbotten County (1:29,378) Dalarna County (1:31,092)
People Johan Vilhelm Snellman (1806–1881), Finnish philosopher and statesman Anita Snellman (1924–2006), Finnish painter Pentti Snellman (1926–2007), Finnish olympian Anja Snellman (born 1954), Finnish author
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