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) A surname transferred from the nickname. A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. ==== Statistics ==== 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 === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Snowball”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.