Knebs Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Knebs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knebs 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
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Knebs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Knebs is borne by more people in Iraq than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Knebs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Knebs is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Knebs occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Knebs are found; 80 percent are found in West Asia and 80 percent are found in Levant.

The surname is most widespread in Iraq, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 8,755,414. Barring Iraq it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live.

Knebs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Knebs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Knebs last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Kniebs9135/
Kneb8928/
Kneib801,269/
Kneyb8046/
Knieb8034/
Knobs8014/
Kneps809/
Khneb806/
Knefs801/
Knebj801/
Knibs801/
Khneib731,642/
Knieps731,259/
Knaeps73236/
Kniefs732/
Knepps731/
K'Neib731/
Knewse730/
Knefsz730/
Knespe730/
Knep67151/
Knäb6728/
Knib676/
Cneb671/
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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 Knebs
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