Knaus Surname
Approximately 11,913 people bear this surname
Knaus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,021 | 1:16,034 | 2,117 |
| United States | 2,756 | 1:131,516 | 13,848 |
| Austria | 1,189 | 1:7,162 | 897 |
| Switzerland | 672 | 1:12,222 | 2,020 |
| Russia | 666 | 1:216,401 | 23,544 |
| Argentina | 364 | 1:117,427 | 9,911 |
| Canada | 270 | 1:136,465 | 14,092 |
| Slovenia | 181 | 1:13,744 | 3,281 |
| France | 166 | 1:400,137 | 58,863 |
| Australia | 135 | 1:199,968 | 19,617 |
| Ukraine | 117 | 1:389,083 | 47,316 |
| Kazakhstan | 112 | 1:157,879 | 15,632 |
| Croatia | 64 | 1:66,072 | 12,005 |
| Slovakia | 28 | 1:190,588 | 32,093 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Czechia | 21 | 1:506,356 | 52,868 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 1:663,628 | 45,718 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 1:96,757 | 6,198 |
| Liechtenstein | 5 | 1:7,676 | 1,080 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 330 | 1:152,178 | 14,081 |
Knaus (10) may also be a first name.
Knaus Demographics
Average Male Knaus Height
176.14 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Knaus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knaus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Knaus (Arabic: كنوس, Russian: Кнаус) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knaus? popularity and diffusion
The last name Knaus is the 43,627th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 611,731 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Knaus live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 10 people.
It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 5,021 people, or 1 in 16,034. In Germany it is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 39 percent live, Bavaria, where 25 percent live and Hesse, where 10 percent live. Beside Germany it is found in 50 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and Austria, where 10 percent live.
Knaus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Knaus has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 835 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Knaus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Knaus last name is predominantly Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Knaus last name are 11.74% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.51% being registered with the political party.
The amount Knaus earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 58.24% more than the national average, earning 547,636 kr per year; in Peru they earn 29.74% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,619 per year; in South Africa they earn 43.88% less than the national average, earning R 133,368 per year; in United States they earn 10.15% more than the national average, earning $47,529 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.03% more than the national average, earning $53,175 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Knaus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Knaus in the Russian language | ||
| Кнаус | knaus | - |
| Knaus in the Arabic language | ||
| كنوس | knws | - |
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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 Knaus
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