Knazevs Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Knazevs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knazevs Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1571:13,0581,925
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Knazevs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Knazevs occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knazevs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Knazevs is the 1,310,135th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. The surname Knazevs is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Knazevs live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname Knazevs is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 13,058. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 80 percent live, Latgale, where 11 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Latvia Knazevs occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 7 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knazev921,159/
Knazeva861,612/
Knaziev861/
Kneazev861/
Kneazeva802/
Cneazev7159/
Knazeff7114/
Kneasev712/
Cneazeva6757/
Kneizhev671/
Knasew621/
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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 Knazevs
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