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snowball Name Meaning and History

English (northeastern): from Middle English snow ‘snow’ + ball. The second element may refer to a streak or lock of hair, or it may mean a bald patch. The surname therefore originated as a nickname for someone with a patch of white hair or a pale bald patch, amid dark hair.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of snowball Families in the US in 1920
Number of snowball families
 5-8
 2-4		 1
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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