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
Knavs is found in Slovenia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knavs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 530,215th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 11,946,797 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Knavs are found; 97 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most common in Slovenia, where it is held by 593 people, or 1 in 4,195. In Slovenia Knavs is most common in: Southeast Slovenia, where 39 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 28 percent live and Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 12 percent live. Excluding Slovenia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found 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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