de Knight Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

de Knight Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Knight 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
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

de Knight Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Knight is most common in Australia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. de Knight is predominantly found in Oceania, where 63 percent of de Knight live; 63 percent live in Australasia and 63 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 5,399,140. In Australia de Knight is primarily found in: Victoria, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Australia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent are found.

de Knight Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of de Knight has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Dew Knight951/
Deknight94112/
D Knight940/
Dknight881/
Diekhnight840/
Diecknight840/
de Knuit821/
Doknight821/
D'Knight821/
Dauknight782/
Ducknight781/
Douknight781/
Dicknight780/
de Kant75113/
de Kent755/
de Kint753/
de Kwant71425/
de Knuyt7132/
Diekneit7127/
de Kindt7115/
de Knudt715/
de Kanty712/
de Kinte711/
Dekunidt711/
de Kaint711/
de Knydt711/
de Kandt711/
de Konty711/
de Ghant711/
Diekneite67137/
Dekant6755/
Dekint6742/
de Knuydt6712/
de Ghendt6710/
de Ghandt673/
Dekynt672/
Dey Ghant671/
da Konite671/
Dekent670/
de Connit670/
D Kent670/
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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 Knight
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