Knaeps Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Knaeps Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 222 | 1:51,787 | 8,470 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knaps | 91 | 274 | / |
| Kneps | 91 | 9 | / |
| Knaep | 91 | 2 | / |
| Knieps | 83 | 1,259 | / |
| Knapps | 83 | 312 | / |
| Cnaeps | 83 | 59 | / |
| Knapås | 83 | 8 | / |
| Knepps | 83 | 1 | / |
| Knapss | 83 | 1 | / |
| Knaepp | 83 | 0 | / |
| Künnaps | 77 | 1 | / |
| Knops | 73 | 4,198 | / |
| Knöps | 73 | 21 | / |
| Knebs | 73 | 5 | / |
| Khneipes | 71 | 4 | / |
| Knopps | 67 | 225 | / |
| Knoepp | 67 | 109 | / |
| Kniebs | 67 | 35 | / |
| Knoups | 67 | 32 | / |
| Knopss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knoepfe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Cnops | 55 | 343 | / |
| Knoev | 55 | 30 | / |
| Knoeb | 55 | 23 | / |
| Knobs | 55 | 14 | / |
| Khnoev | 50 | 23 | / |
| Khnoeb | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Knaeps
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