Knavs Surname
Approximately 610 people bear this surname
Knavs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 593 | 1:4,195 | 782 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Knavs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knavs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knavs is most common in Slovenia. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knavs? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 530,215th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,946,797 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Knavs reside; 97 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Knavs is most frequently used in Slovenia, where it is borne by 593 people, or 1 in 4,195. In Slovenia Knavs is most frequent in: Southeast Slovenia, where 39 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 28 percent live and Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 12 percent live. Apart from Slovenia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live and Argentina, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knavss | 91 | 1 | / |
| Knav | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kınav | 80 | 278 | / |
| Knaps | 80 | 274 | / |
| Knavz | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kneav | 80 | 2 | / |
| Knovs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Knaws | 80 | 1 | / |
| Knauv | 80 | 1 | / |
| Knavh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Knavsová | 77 | 1 | / |
| Knapps | 73 | 312 | / |
| Knapse | 73 | 12 | / |
| Knapås | 73 | 8 | / |
| Knaufs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Knausf | 73 | 2 | / |
| Knawss | 73 | 2 | / |
| Knapss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Knaffs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Knawst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Knaf | 67 | 779 | / |
| Knafová | 67 | 14 | / |
| Knauffs | 67 | 9 | / |
| Knov | 67 | 3 | / |
| Knavova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Künnaps | 67 | 1 | / |
| Knaw | 67 | 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
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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 Knavs
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