Sneed

See also: sneed

English

Alternative forms

• Snead, Sneyd

Etymology

From Old English snǣd (“something cut off, morsel”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by a detached piece of land.

Pronunciation

• enPR: snēd, IPA^(key): /sniːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

Proper noun

Sneed (countable and uncountable, plural Sneeds)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A ghost town in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States.

Derived terms

• Sneedville

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sneed is the 2027^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17804 individuals. Sneed is most common among White (55.63%) and Black/African American (37.59%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sneed”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Denes, Edens, denes, dense, edens, needs, sende