Knaeps Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Knaeps Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knaeps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2221:51,7878,470
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France11:66,422,722504,397

Knaeps Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knaeps is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Knaeps.

How Common Is The Last Name Knaeps? popularity and diffusion

Knaeps is the 1,058,336th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The last name Knaeps is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Knaeps are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 222 people, or 1 in 51,787. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Belgium it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knaps91274/
Kneps919/
Knaep912/
Knieps831,259/
Knapps83312/
Cnaeps8359/
Knapås838/
Knepps831/
Knapss831/
Knaepp830/
Künnaps771/
Knops734,198/
Knöps7321/
Knebs735/
Khneipes714/
Knopps67225/
Knoepp67109/
Kniebs6735/
Knoups6732/
Knopss671/
Knoepfe621/
Cnops55343/
Knoev5530/
Knoeb5523/
Knobs5514/
Khnoev5023/
Khnoeb501/

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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 Knaeps
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