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
Knaeps is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Knaeps.
How Common Is The Last Name Knaeps? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,058,336th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname Knaeps occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Knaeps live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Knaeps is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 51,787. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 99 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Belgium it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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