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]
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]