Knehe Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Knehe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Knehe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knehe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Knehe is found most in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Knehe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Knehe is the 4,206,983rd most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Knehe occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Knehe reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 3,833,593. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent live and Bremen, where 5 percent live. Barring Germany it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live.
Knehe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Knehe has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Knehe
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