de Knop Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Knop Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Knop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2961:38,8406,363
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France21:33,211,361423,184
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

de Knop Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Knop has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of de Knop click here.

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

The surname is the 878,878th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of de Knop reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 296 people, or 1 in 38,840. In Belgium de Knop is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 70 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 21 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 9 percent reside. Barring Belgium this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in New Caledonia, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Knoop93176/
Deknop92291/
de Cnop86135/
Deknoop869/
do Knop861/
Dekonop861/
de Knip861/
de Knaep8046/
de Knipp802/
Decnop77137/
de Kenipp754/
de Canopo752/
Tekanop7131/
Decnoop717/
Deknipp712/
Dekinpe711/
Dekenpp711/
Deoknep711/
Degonop711/
D Knapp710/
Dekenipp67104/
Dikonopo6740/
Dekeniap6739/
de Cnaep6714/
Dekanipp672/
Decanopo671/
de Canpo671/
da Kunpu671/

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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
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  • 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 Knop
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