Snipes History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Snipes family

The surname Snipes was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times. Early records reveal Agnes del Snappe in a Huntingdonshire record of 1242; John atte Sneppe in the 1327 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex; and Robert de Snape in the 1355 Feet of Fines of Yorkshire. Later, we found Roger Snape in the 1525 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex. The name is derived from the Old English word “snaep” or the Old Norman word “snap” which means “dweller by the pasture.”

Spelling variations of this family name include: Snape, Snappe, Snepe, Snapes and others.

Early Notables of the Snipes family

Richard Snappe of Faller in Oxfordshire; Andrew Snape (the younger), serjeant farrier to Charles II, and author of The Anatomy of an Horse (1683); and his son, Andrew Snape (1675-1742), an English cleric, academic and headmaster, provost of King’s College, Cambridge from 1719, he died in Windsor Castle and rests in the south aisle of…
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Snipes Ranking

In the United States, the name Snipes is the 3,818^th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1