Knaven Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Knaven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Knaven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1581:106,88117,196
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Knaven Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knaven is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knaven? popularity and diffusion

Knaven is the 1,218,745th most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. Knaven occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Knaven live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 158 people, or 1 in 106,881. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Gelderland, where 59 percent live, North Holland, where 15 percent live and South Holland, where 9 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 8 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knaveen923/
Kneaven921/
Knavin836/
Kneven830/
Knavina7730/
Kneuven7729/
Knaving7718/
Gknavin771/
Khneven771/
Kneeven770/
Kneiven770/
Kneuvean7125/
Knowen679/
Chinnaven673/
Cnavin671/
Knovin671/
Knevin670/
Knowain621/
Kneiving571/
Kinnevin570/

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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 Knaven
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