de Knijf Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Knijf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Knijf 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
Belgium1451:79,28712,505
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

de Knijf Last Name Facts

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

de Knijf is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 1,263,456th most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname de Knijf is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of de Knijf live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 79,287. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Belgium this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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
de Knijff9497/
Deknijf934/
de Cnijf88172/
de Knyf8022/
de Kneef7521/
de Knyff754/
de Cnyf6724/
de Cneef6311/
Degani-Juif631/
Dikanjov508/

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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 Knijf
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