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. The surname has its main concentration in the UK in the southern counties of primarily Wiltshire, also Hampshire, Somerset and Dorset.
Surname
- 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
Surname variations
See also
- Eric Snookes (born 1955), English footballer
- Graeme Snooks (born 1944), Australian systems theorist
- Robert Snooks (1761–1802), English highwayman
- Tom Snooks (1890–1958), Australian showman and developer
- Zoon Van Snook, Belgian-English composer
Given name, nickname, or stage name
- Snook (comedian), Canadian comedian
- Robert Bernard "Snooks" Dowd (1897–1962), American football and baseball player
- Snooks Eaglin (1936–2009), American musician
See also
References
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