Goodknecht Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Goodknecht Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goodknecht Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States821:4,420,231233,612
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Goodknecht Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goodknecht is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodknecht? popularity and diffusion

Goodknecht is the 1,955,159th most widespread last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Goodknecht is mostly found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Goodknecht reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Goodknecht is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 4,420,231. In The United States Goodknecht is most frequent in: Michigan, where 45 percent reside, Hawaii, where 15 percent reside and Texas, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 10 percent reside.

Goodknecht Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Goodknecht has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Goodknecht last name expanded 513 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Goodknecht Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Goodknecht surname are 17.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.71% being registered with the party.

Goodknecht earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.47% more than the national average, earning $47,667 USD per year.

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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 Goodknecht
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