Snook is an English surname. The surname is of Old English origin, and is a topographical name, denoting someone who lived on a projecting piece of land. The etymology of snook is the Old English pre-7th century word "snoc", the Middle English "snoc" and "snoke": a projecting piece or point of land; a promontory.[1] The surname has its main concentration in the UK in the southern counties of primarily Wiltshire, also Hampshire, Somerset and Dorset.[2]

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  • Emmy Snook (born 1973), Australian rower
  • Frank Snook (born 1949), American Major League Baseball player
  • Gary Snook (born 1947), Western Australian Legislative Assembly member
  • George Snook (1842–1894), American, President of the Chico Board of Trustees, the governing body of Chico, California from 1885 to 1886 and from 1892 to 1894
  • Hans Snook (born 1948), German-Canadian businessman
  • Ian Snook (born 1950), New Zealand cricketer
  • James H. Snook (1879–1930), American convicted murderer, Olympic medalist, and inventor of the snook hook
  • Jeff Snook (born 1960), American sportswriter
  • John B. Snook (1815–1901), American architect
  • John S. Snook (1862–1952), U.S. Representative from Ohio
  • Laine Snook (born 1968), English athlete
  • Larry Snook (born 1941), U.S. Army officer and judge
  • Neta Snook (1896–1991), American aviator
  • Ronald Snook (born 1972), Australian rower
  • Sarah Snook (born 1987), Australian actress
  • Verity Snook-Larby (born 1970), English race walker

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Given name, nickname, or stage name

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References

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  1. ^ "Home : Oxford English Dictionary".
  2. ^ "Snook Name Meaning & Snook Family History at Ancestry.co.uk®".