Sneath
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English
Etymology
Habiational surname from Snaith in East Yorkshire, so called from Old Norse sneið (“cut off piece of land”).
Proper noun
Sneath (plural Sneaths)
- A surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sneath is the 34707th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Sneath is most common among White (95.24%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sneath”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.