Knafl Surname

657,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Knafl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knafl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria3551:23,9873,768
United States771:4,707,259244,676
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Knafl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Knafl is borne by more people in Austria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knafl? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 657,184th most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Knafl reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is held by 355 people, or 1 in 23,987. In Austria Knafl is most common in: Carinthia, where 73 percent are found, Styria, where 9 percent are found and Vorarlberg, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Austria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Knafl Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Knafl last name are 7.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the political party.

Knafl earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.1% more than the national average, earning $55,275 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knafel91604/
Knaffl9154/
Knajfl9144/
Knaifl9126/
Knapfl9117/
Knapfel8349/
Knaffel8325/
Knaifel8319/
Knajfel832/
Knofl8013/
Knefl803/
Knaflová771/
Knöfel731,774/
Kneifl73632/
Knefel73533/
Knofel7367/
Knäfel7311/
Knöpfl736/
Knopfl733/
Knofil731/
Knoffl730/
Knajflová7137/
Knaiflová7132/
Knaiflova713/
Knöpfel671,891/
Kneifel671,652/
Kneefel67481/
Kneffel67391/
Knoefel67240/
Knopfel67162/
Knöffel6778/
Knepfel6749/
Knoffel6714/
Knöfelt674/
Knosfel672/
Kneifil671/
Knoepfl670/

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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 Knafl
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