Knauß Surname
Approximately 856 people bear this surname
Knauß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 775 | 1:103,878 | 12,860 |
| Austria | 80 | 1:106,443 | 15,207 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Knauß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knauß Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knauß is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Knauß.
How Common Is The Last Name Knauß? popularity and diffusion
The last name Knauß is the 408,463rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,513,488 people. The surname Knauß is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Knauß are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 775 people, or 1 in 103,878. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 73 percent are found, Hesse, where 10 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Germany Knauß is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 9 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Knauß
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