Where Does the Snaw Surname Come From?

Your Snaw ancestor may well appear as Snow in earlier records. The name is usually explained as “White-haired or pale”.

Records show Snaw as one of the forms Snow took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Snowe.

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