de Knecht Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Knecht Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Knecht 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
Netherlands1421:118,92418,728
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

de Knecht Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Knecht occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Knecht? popularity and diffusion

The last name de Knecht is the 1,422,956th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of de Knecht reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname de Knecht is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 118,924. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: South Holland, where 69 percent reside, Overijssel, where 8 percent reside and North Brabant, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 3 percent reside and Austria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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de Kenne7126/
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de Cneudt6716/
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de Knip631/
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de Knijs591/
De-Knuyt591/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Knecht
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