Knaab Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Knaab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 39 | 1:2,064,243 | 111,952 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Knaab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knaab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Knaab has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Knaab? popularity and diffusion
The last name Knaab is the 2,944,094th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Knaab reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 2,064,243. In Germany Knaab is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 64 percent reside, Bavaria, where 15 percent reside and Hesse, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Germany Knaab is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent reside and Yemen, where 5 percent reside.
Knaab Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Knaab has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Knaab surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Knaab
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