Knehaus Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Knehaus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Knehaus Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Knehaus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Knehaus is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knehaus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Knehaus occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Knehaus live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,981,684. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 96 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent reside.

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
Kniehaus931/
Kneehaus930/
Knihaus860/
Knhas831/
Knehu830/
Kniehase80100/
Kneous771/
Knyhas771/
Knha7321/
Knyha67636/
Kniha67191/
Khnea678/
Cnehault673/
Knias672/
Kneoh671/
Kneah671/
Knoihuis670/
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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 Knehaus
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