Knapp Surname

6,297th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89,707 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Knapp Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the knap,' a summit, a hilltop, from residence thereon. 'Some high knap or tuft of a mountaine': Holland, trans, of Pliny, bk. xi. c. 10 (v. Skeat on Knop). 'Knap, a hillocke, or knap of a hill': Cotgrave.

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Knapp Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States56,1941:6,450756
Germany16,4121:4,905586
Austria4,3091:1,976151
England3,3751:16,5092,394
Canada2,8781:12,8021,889
Australia1,1281:23,9323,279
Brazil9611:222,7628,620
Italy5361:114,09818,974
New Zealand4451:10,1761,767
Switzerland3731:22,0193,508
France3591:185,02228,799
Poland3461:109,85216,579
Hungary3391:28,9573,189
Czechia2251:47,2607,882
Sweden1981:49,7313,847
South Africa1711:316,82930,013
Mexico1301:954,81712,807
Slovakia1251:42,6928,016
Wales1221:25,3652,646
Scotland1041:51,4794,410
Thailand821:861,443136,584
Denmark791:71,4527,101
Romania721:278,85925,610
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Argentina611:700,71248,077
Netherlands501:337,74438,500
Russia471:3,066,448164,949
Spain451:1,038,93438,115
Israel391:219,42720,804
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Norway361:142,84118,058
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Chile261:677,55715,745
Philippines251:4,049,529157,830
Croatia241:176,19222,291
Finland201:274,83520,939
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Ukraine171:2,677,806165,194
Greenland141:4,027416
China121:113,943,4645,994
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Guam121:13,3432,098
Ecuador121:1,325,48716,904
Panama101:391,2268,067
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
United States Virgin Islands61:18,3962,503
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Laos41:1,647,081888
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Jersey31:33,0674,675
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Malta11:430,2723,380
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Tonga11:107,313791
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,9671:12,3921,876
Wales501:31,3681,723
Scotland241:155,9676,425
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,5761:3,445411

Knapp (184) may also be a first name.

Knapp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the knap,' a summit, a hilltop, from residence thereon. 'Some high knap or tuft of a mountaine': Holland, trans, of Pliny, bk. xi. c. 10 (v. Skeat on Knop). 'Knap, a hillocke, or knap of a hill': Cotgrave. compare knop (Exod.), the earlier form of knob, a round protuberance. So knab or nab for knap. 'Nab, the summit of an eminence. North' (Halliwell). v. Knabwell.

John Cnape, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Knapp, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

Capella de la Cnappe. Documents Illustrative of English History.

Margaret atte Cnappe, Somerset, 1 Edward nl: Kirby's Quest.

Johannes Knape, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Knaype, 1379: ibid.

1553-4. Christopher Nappe and Elizabeth Kemyes: Marriage Lic. (London).

1681. Baptised — Robert, s. Robert Knapp . St. James, Clerkenwell.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English and Scandinavian) Dweller at a Hill- Top or Knoll [Old English cnæpp = Old Norse knapp-r]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Dweller on Hilltop” in Old English. See also Knowles.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) Dweller at the top of the hill; one who came from Knapp (hilltop), in Hampshire.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

1. Cncep. Anglo-Saxon A top or knop. Bosworth. A hillock or knap of a hill. Cotgrave. In Sussex, the brow of a hill is called a nab. 2. Cnapa. Anglo-Saxon A son, a boy, a youth, a page, equivalent to the French garcon.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(German.) Knappe, a lad, boy, servant, workman; a squire, whence Knave and Knapsack.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

For Knapwell, or Kenappeville. Emma, John, Robert, William de K., Normandy, 1180-98 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); John Knappe, John and William de Knappewell, Engl., c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

— The Norman People (1874)

(English), Hillock, Top of a hill; or Knave, Boy, or Page.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

From the Old Norse, Knappi; from the German, Knappe; from the Danish, Knaap, Knappick; from the Flemish, Knapp; personal name Knaby; a location name in Sweden.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Knapp: (Anglo-Saxon cnaep), a hill-top; hence our names Knapman, Knopps, Knapton.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Knapp is an old south of England name. In the 14th century an influential family of Bristol citizens bore this name (Barrett's "Bristol"). Knapp was the name of an ancient gentle family of Berks, a branch of which two centuries ago came into the possession of the manor of Little Linford, Bucks (Lipscomb's "Buckinghamshire"). However, we learn from the Hundred Rolls that the name of Knappe occurred in Bucks six centuries ago.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Knapp Demographics

Average Knapp Salary in
United States

$44,430 USD

Per year
Rank:
599,868 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.016245
Rank: 712 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
102.97%
Sample size: 31,183 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Knapp Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Knapp Come From? nationality or country of origin

Knapp (Russian: Кнапп) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Knapp? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,297th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 81,237 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Knapp are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Knapp is also the 671,014th most frequent first name globally, held by 184 people.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 56,194 people, or 1 in 6,450. In The United States Knapp is mostly found in: New York, where 10 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Michigan, where 6 percent are found. Other than The United States Knapp occurs in 89 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 18 percent are found and Austria, where 5 percent are found.

Knapp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Knapp has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 386 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 172 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 244 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 433 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Knapp Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Knapp last name are 16.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.9% being registered with the political party.

The amount Knapp earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 8.88% less than the national average, earning 315,357 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 20.14% more than the national average, earning R 285,492 per year; in United States they earn 2.97% more than the national average, earning $44,430 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.33% more than the national average, earning $52,333 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knappe917,800/
Knaupp91754/
Knaipp9181/
Knaapp914/
Knnapp911/
Cknapp911/
Knappf911/
Knajpp910/
Knap8910,045/
Knaippe832/
Knappch831/
D'Knapp831/
Knopp8016,819/
Knaup803,776/
Knape803,756/
Knaap801,322/
Knaip80107/
Knajp8086/
Knayp8019/
Knapf8017/
Knapt8013/
Knatp802/
Knasp801/
Knnap801/
Knaph800/
Knappová77348/
Knappova7710/
Kneipp731,870/
Knoppe73380/
Knopps73225/
Knaupe73215/
Künnap73192/
Knaape7354/
Kınnap7350/
Knahpe7312/
Kynnap739/
Knapås738/
Knoppf733/
Knnopp731/
Kneaph731/
Knaupt731/
Knaubp731/
Knatpe731/
Knapss731/
Knashp730/
Knop6718,985/
Knab675,341/
Knapová671,401/
Knapova6746/
Cennapp6718/
Cinnapp6713/
Knáp6710/
Cnap678/
Künnaps671/
Qnap671/
Kneippe670/
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Knapp Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Knapp in the Russian language
Кнаппknapp-

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